Langley Regional Airport is located in Langley Township,

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. It serves mostly

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, and also provided scheduled passenger service to the Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome via

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s before service was ended on May 20, 2011.

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operations are a major part of Langley Airport's traffic; the airport has three

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s. The airport offers fuel services and extensive

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space, and hosts the Canadian Museum of Flight.

General information

The airport has two asphalt

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, one long and the other . These relatively short runways make it a good airport for

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purposes because a pilot who trains on short runways is likely to be more capable. There is also a public road near each end of the paved runway (01/19) resulting in relatively short "Takeoff Distance Available" (TODA). Due to the proximity of residential areas, runway 19 has a departure noise-abatement procedure that requires a 30-degree turn, and runway 25 has a departure noise-abatement procedure that requires a 50-degree turn. Langley radio frequencies are 119.00 for the

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, 124.50 for

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(ATIS), and 121.90 for ground service. The airport is home to 54 businesses, including many helicopter operators and fixed-wing and rotary-wing flight training units. Consequently the airport has a high volume of training traffic.

History

In 1945, at the end of

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, the township of Langley leased the former

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airport from the federal government before purchasing the airport outright in 1967 for $24,300. Since then, the airport has been in continuous operation.

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* {{authority control Certified airports in British Columbia Airports in Greater Vancouver Transport in Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)

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