# John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM / CYHM)

**John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport** (IATA: YHM, ICAO: CYHM) is a large airport in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,050 m (10,006 ft). In 2024 it handled 324 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhm

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YHM / CYHM
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Opened: 1940
- Elevation: 238 m / 780 ft
- Coordinates: 43.1713, -79.9294
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,050 m / 10,006 ft
- Passengers: 324,336 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Toronto
- Website: https://www.flyhamilton.ca/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Munro_Hamilton_International_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431444
- Weather station: CYHM · WMO 71263
- Ident: CYHM

## Timeline

- 1940: John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,050 m / 10,006 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 107° / 287° | yes |
| 06/24 | 1,832 m / 6,010 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 049° / 229° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 341,740 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 332,378 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 312,839 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 333,368 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 599,601 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 791,660 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 955,373 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 333,810 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 250,019 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 645,789 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 820,011 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 324,336 | Wikidata |

## Routes

4 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 2,696 km / 1,675 mi · WestJet

### Seasonal (2)

- [CUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmun.md) Cancún International Airport · Mexico · 2,544 km / 1,581 mi · WestJet
- [PUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdpc.md) Punta Cana International Airport · Dominican Republic · 2,943 km / 1,829 mi · WestJet

### Cargo (1)

- [SDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksdf.md) Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · United States · 741 km / 460 mi · UPS Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YHM, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- W8 [Cargojet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cargojet)

### Passenger (1)

- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 3

### Cargo (1)

- 5X [UPS Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ups-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Swoop](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/swoop).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 324K (2024) | #1,303 of 3,974 | #298 in North America | #28 in CA |
| Longest runway | 3,050 m / 10,006 ft | =1,023 of 29,858 | =217 in North America | =13 in CA |
| Elevation | 238 m / 780 ft | =21,808 of 43,403 | =10,260 in North America | =887 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =23 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | TORONTO TRML | 119.700 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [CYFD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyfd.md) Brantford Municipal Airport · 34 km / 21 mi
- [YKF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cykf.md) Region of Waterloo International Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [YCM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cysn.md) Niagara District Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [CNC3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cnc3.md) Brampton-Caledon Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [YTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cytz.md) Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport · 67 km / 41 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_C._Munro_Hamilton_International_Airport&oldid=1375775151), revision of 20 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhm/data