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Dawson Creek Airport
CYDQ / YDQDawson Creek, CanadaELEV 2,148 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
35 nm
To the nearest alternate
Fort St John / North Peace Regional Airport (YXJ) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Dawson Creek Airport (CYDQ / YDQ) sits in Dawson Creek, Canada, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 2,148 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into YDQ for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Fort St John / North Peace Regional Airport (YXJ, 35 nm), Chetwynd Airport (YCQ, 49 nm), and Grande Prairie Airport (YQU, 56 nm).
Charter pricing from YDQ depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Dawson Creek.
Field capability
ICAO
CYDQ
IATA
YDQ
FAA / Local
CYDQ
Elevation
2,148 ft
Coordinates
55.7412° N · 120.1833° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Canada fields
state range 6–3,940 ft
At 2,148 ft, YDQ sits higher than 88% of the 250 Canada fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 35nmYXJFort St John / North Peace Regional AirportFort Saint John
- 49nmYCQChetwynd AirportChetwynd
- 56nmYQUGrande Prairie AirportGrande Prairie
- 96nmYPEPeace River AirportPeace River
- 104nmCYZYMackenzie AirportMackenzie
- 141nmYXSPrince George (International) AirportPrince George
Location
Open the full mapCYDQ · Dawson Creek Airport · Dawson Creek, Canada