YQHCYQH

Watson Lake Airport

Watson Lake, Canada · North America

North America America/Vancouver

1runway

1,678 mLongest runway

Watson Lake Airport (IATA: YQH, ICAO: CYQH) is located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada, and is operated by the Yukon government. The paved asphalt runway is 5,504 by 150 feet (1,678 m × 46 m) land is at an elevation of 2,255 ft (687 m).

Location

60.117°N, 128.822°O · 687 m s. n. m. (2.255 ft)

General data

CountryCanada

CityWatson Lake

IATA codeYQH

ICAO codeCYQH

Coordinates60.117°N, 128.822°O

Elevation687 m s. n. m. (2.255 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Vancouver

Runways1

Longest runway1,678 m

Runways · 1

09/27

Length1,678 m5,505 ft

Width46 m151 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Flight information

122.100ARPT RDO · CTAF126.700WHITEHORSE RDO

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Watson Lake Airport (YQH). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YQH

MLA

“Watson Lake Airport (YQH).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YQH. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Watson Lake Airport (YQH). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YQH (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_yqh,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Watson Lake Airport (YQH)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YQH},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YQH}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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