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📍 Port Alberni⬆ 250 ft1 runways

CBS8 · YPB

Alberni Valley Regional Airport

49.32190°N

-124.93100°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 75.0%

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 CYAZ, 42 mi away (CBS8 does not publish METAR)

38m ago

Temp

59°F

Wind

11 kts

150°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

CYAZ 251637Z 15011KT 15SM OVC006 15/14 A2990 RMK SC8 SLP128

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

72% of ops

23 land · 7 TO

28% of ops

9 land · 3 TO

Runway 30 carries 72% of operations (23 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

30 23 landings

UA 17%

12 9 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 30 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 23 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

0.7

flights/day · 20 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 8pm · 9pm

Day vs night

45%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 0.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (0.5 vs 0.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 20 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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