# Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ / CYHZ)

**Halifax / Stanfield International Airport** (IATA: YHZ, ICAO: CYHZ) is a large airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It opened in 1960. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,200 m (10,500 ft). It is operated by Halifax International Airport Authority. In 2024 it handled 3.9 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YHZ / CYHZ
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Halifax International Airport Authority
- Owner: Transport Canada
- Serves: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Opened: 1960
- Elevation: 145 m / 477 ft
- Coordinates: 44.8808, -63.5086
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,200 m / 10,500 ft
- Passengers: 3,881,661 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-4/-3 · America/Halifax
- Website: https://halifaxstanfield.ca/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Stanfield_International_Airport (27 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345785
- Weather station: CYHZ · WMO 71395
- Ident: CYHZ

## Timeline

- 1960: Halifax / Stanfield International Airport opens.
- 14 Oct 2004: MK Airlines Flight 1602. 7 killed.
- 29 Mar 2015: Air Canada Flight 624.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,200 m / 10,500 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 035° / 215° | yes |
| 14/32 | 2,347 m / 7,700 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 126° / 306° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 3,585,864 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 3,663,039 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 3,702,705 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 3,908,799 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 4,083,188 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 4,316,079 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 4,188,443 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 995,426 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,076,458 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 3,107,425 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 3,579,293 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 3,881,661 | Wikidata |

## Routes

47 destinations in 19 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (13)

- [YHU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhu.md) Montréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan Airport · Canada · 779 km / 484 mi · Porter Airlines
- [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 804 km / 500 mi · Porter Airlines, Air Canada
- [YYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyt.md) St. John's International Airport · Canada · 880 km / 547 mi · Porter Airlines
- [YOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyow.md) Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Canada · 955 km / 593 mi · Porter Airlines
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 986 km / 613 mi · United Express
- [YTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cytz.md) Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport · Canada · 1,271 km / 790 mi · Porter Airlines
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 1,288 km / 800 mi · WestJet, Porter Airlines, Air Canada, Flair Airlines
- [YHM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhm.md) John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport · Canada · 1,324 km / 823 mi · Porter Airlines
- [YKF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cykf.md) Region of Waterloo International Airport · Canada · 1,352 km / 840 mi · Flair Airlines
- [BDA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/txkf.md) L.F. Wade International Airport · Bermuda · 1,395 km / 867 mi · BermudAir
- [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 3,682 km / 2,288 mi · WestJet
- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 3,744 km / 2,326 mi · WestJet
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 4,585 km / 2,849 mi · Air Canada

### Seasonal (31)

- [BOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbos.md) Boston Logan International Airport · United States · 665 km / 413 mi · Delta Connection
- [YDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cydf.md) Deer Lake Airport · Canada · 667 km / 414 mi · Porter Airlines
- [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 804 km / 500 mi · Air Canada Rouge
- [LGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klga.md) LaGuardia Airport · United States · 959 km / 596 mi · Delta Connection, American Eagle
- [DCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdca.md) Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · United States · 1,303 km / 810 mi · American Airlines
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 1,327 km / 825 mi · United Express
- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 1,622 km / 1,008 mi · WestJet
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 1,989 km / 1,236 mi · United Express, American Eagle
- [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 2,411 km / 1,498 mi · Porter Airlines
- [NAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mynn.md) Lynden Pindling International Airport · Bahamas · 2,538 km / 1,577 mi · Air Canada
- [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 2,567 km / 1,595 mi · Porter Airlines
- [YWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywg.md) Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · Canada · 2,577 km / 1,601 mi · WestJet
- [YQR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqr.md) Regina International Airport · Canada · 3,102 km / 1,927 mi · WestJet
- [MBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkjs.md) Sangster International Airport · Jamaica · 3,223 km / 2,003 mi · Air Canada
- [YXE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxe.md) Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport · Canada · 3,231 km / 2,008 mi · WestJet
- [KEF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bikf.md) Keflavik International Airport · Iceland · 3,297 km / 2,049 mi · Icelandair
- [CUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmun.md) Cancún International Airport · Mexico · 3,406 km / 2,116 mi · Porter Airlines, Air Canada Rouge
- [BGI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tbpb.md) Grantley Adams International Airport · Barbados · 3,557 km / 2,210 mi · Air Canada Rouge
- [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 4,151 km / 2,579 mi · WestJet
- [EDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egph.md) Edinburgh Airport · United Kingdom · 4,285 km / 2,663 mi · WestJet
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 4,429 km / 2,752 mi · WestJet, Air Canada
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 4,471 km / 2,778 mi · WestJet
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 4,585 km / 2,849 mi · Air Canada Rouge
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 4,613 km / 2,866 mi · WestJet
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 4,811 km / 2,989 mi · WestJet
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 4,875 km / 3,029 mi · WestJet
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 4,898 km / 3,043 mi · WestJet
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 4,932 km / 3,065 mi · Air Canada
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 5,194 km / 3,227 mi · WestJet
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 5,261 km / 3,269 mi · WestJet
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 5,351 km / 3,325 mi · Edelweiss Air

### Cargo (6)

- [YMX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cymx.md) Montreal Mirabel International Airport · Canada · 828 km / 514 mi · Cargojet
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 1,288 km / 800 mi · FedEx Express
- [LGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eblg.md) Liège Airport · Belgium · 5,005 km / 3,110 mi · Star Air (Denmark)
- [ICN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksi.md) Incheon International Airport · South Korea · 10,804 km / 6,713 mi · Korean Air Cargo
- [EHU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhec.md) Ezhou Huahu International Airport · China · 11,650 km / 7,239 mi · SF Airlines
- [CSX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgha.md) Changsha Huanghua International Airport · China · 11,883 km / 7,384 mi · Sky Lease Cargo

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- [Maritime Air Charter](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maritime-air-charter)

### Passenger (12)

- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 17
- PD [Porter Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/porter-airlines) · 11
- AC [Air Canada](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada) · 7
- RV [Air Canada Rouge](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-rouge) · 4 · seasonal
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 3
- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 2 · seasonal
- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 2 · seasonal
- F8 [Flair Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flair-airlines) · 2
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- [BermudAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bermudair) · 1
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- FI [Icelandair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/icelandair) · 1 · seasonal

### Cargo (6)

- W8 [Cargojet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cargojet) · 1
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1
- KE [Korean Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/korean-air) · 1
- O3 [SF Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sf-airlines) · 1
- GG [Sky Lease Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sky-lease-cargo) · 1
- S6 [Star Air (Denmark)](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/star-air-denmark) · 1

Former hub of [CanJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/canjet).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3.9M (2024) | #391 of 3,974 | #96 in North America | #8 in CA |
| Longest runway | 3,200 m / 10,500 ft | =804 of 29,858 | =183 in North America | #11 in CA |
| Elevation | 145 m / 477 ft | =27,551 of 43,403 | =13,099 in North America | #1,102 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1960 | =4,584 of 15,079 | =3,130 in North America | =46 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | TRML | 118.700 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 121.000 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 123.950 |
| CNTR | MONCTON CNTR | 118.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | RDO | 123.275 |
| RMP | APN ADVSY | 122.125 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [CCF4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccf4.md) Porters Lake Airport · 25 km / 16 mi
- [CCY4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccy4.md) East Gore Eco Airpark · 30 km / 19 mi
- [CCW4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccw4.md) Stanley Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [CCQ3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccq3.md) Debert Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [CHL2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/chl2.md) Hillaton/Kings Aerodrome · 78 km / 48 mi
- [CDL8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cdl8.md) Centredale Airport · 91 km / 57 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: “Halifax Stanfield International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halifax_Stanfield_International_Airport&oldid=1375999224), revision of 21 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/cyhz/data