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Alberni Valley Regional Airport satellite view

📍 Port Alberni⬆ 250 ft1 runways

CBS8 · YPB

Alberni Valley Regional Airport

49.32190°N

-124.93100°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Alberni Valley Regional Airport (CBS8/YPB) is a small general aviation airport located in Port Alberni, Canada, 132 km west of Richmond. It features 1 runway measuring 3,952 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From CYPW, 40 mi away (CBS8 does not publish METAR)

34m ago

Temp

61°F

Wind

13 kts

120°

Visib

6437 m

Ceil

—

CYPW 262350Z 12013KT 4SM -RA BR BKN008 OVC035 16/16 A3001 RMK SF7SC1 VIS N-E 1 1/2 SLP165

Runways

1 installed

3,952 FT MAX

12/30

3,952 ft × 75

ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

69% of ops

20 land · 7 TO

31% of ops

9 land · 3 TO

Runway 30 carries 69% of operations (20 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 31%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

30 20 landings

UA 20%

12 9 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 30 show a 20% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 20 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

0.6

flights/day · 19 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 8pm · 9pm

Day vs night

47%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 0.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (0.5 vs 0.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (32% of 19 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

Anonymous

08/04/2009

airport

Nice air conditioned lounge area. Clean washrooms, cold pop. Friendly glider pilots.

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