# Burns Lake Airport (YPZ)

> Burns Lake, CA · IATA: YPZ · ICAO: CYPZ · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `YPZ` |
| ICAO | `CYPZ` |
| City | Burns Lake |
| Country | CA |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 714 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 54.37640, -125.95100 |

## Description

Forestry shapes the economy around Burns Lake Airport (YPZ), a single-runway field serving a sparsely populated stretch of central British Columbia roughly 225 km west of Prince George. Traffic is dominated by charter flights, air-ambulance missions and provincial wildfire operations rather than scheduled freight. No mainline cargo carrier serves the airport; time-critical shipments move by road to Prince George (YXS) and onward through Vancouver (YVR). For logistics professionals, YPZ functions as a trucking feeder point, not an air-cargo gateway. In dry summers the airfield becomes a staging base for water bombers protecting the surrounding forests.

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