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📍 Port Alberni⬆ 250 ft1 runways
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Alberni Valley Regional Airport

49.32190°N
-124.93100°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
20.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

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

30
79% of ops
33 land · 7 TO
12
21% of ops
9 land · 3 TO
Runway 30 carries 79% of operations (33 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

30 33 landings
UA 12%
12 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 30 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 33 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
0.9
flights/day · 28 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 11pm · 9pm
Day vs night
32%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 0.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (0.8 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 28 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
08/04/2009
airport
Nice air conditioned lounge area. Clean washrooms, cold pop. Friendly glider pilots.
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