Hinton/Jasper-Hinton Airport

Jasper-Hinton Airport
IATA: YJP ICAO: none TC LID: CEC4
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Yellowhead County
Location	Yellowhead County, near Hinton, Alberta
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	4,006 ft / 1,221 m
Coordinates	53°19′09″N 117°45′12″W
Map
CEC4 Location in Alberta
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 02/20 4,510 1,375 Asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Jasper-Hinton Airport (IATA: YJP, TC LID: CEC4) is located 9.5 nautical miles (17.6 km; 10.9 mi) southwest of Hinton, Alberta, Canada. The airport has three affiliated air charter operators conducting scenic tours of nearby Jasper National Park, Mount Robson and the Columbia Icefields as well as providing aerial services for mining, forestry and wildlife research.

Jasper-Hinton was among the first airports in Canada to test the ill-fated microwave landing system (MLS). It is now served only by an area navigation (RNAV) approach.

See also

• Hinton/Entrance Airport
• Jasper Airport

External links

• Accident history for YJP: Jasper-Hinton Area Airport at Aviation Safety Network
• Place to Fly Archived 2021-01-16 at the Wayback Machine on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory