# Prince Rupert Airport (YPR / CYPR)

**Prince Rupert Airport** (IATA: YPR, ICAO: CYPR) is a medium airport in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1961. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,000 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YPR / CYPR
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
- Opened: 1961
- Elevation: 35 m / 116 ft
- Coordinates: 54.2861, -130.4450
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Website: http://www.ypr.ca/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93902
- Weather station: CYPR · WMO 71898
- Ident: CYPR

## Timeline

- 1961: Prince Rupert Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 152° / 332° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 755 km / 469 mi · Air Canada Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Air Canada Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-express) · 1

Former hub of [North Coast Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/north-coast-air-services).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =87 in CA |
| Elevation | 35 m / 116 ft | =36,333 of 43,403 | =16,482 in North America | =1,283 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1961 | =4,721 of 15,079 | =3,230 in North America | #48 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RUPERT RDO | 122.500 |
| CNTR | VANCOUVER CNTR | 128.000 |
| RCO | TERRACE RDO | 122.500 |
| RDO | PACIFIC RDO | 126.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [ANN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pant.md) Annette Island Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [ZMT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/czmt.md) Masset Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [YXT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxt.md) Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat · 123 km / 76 mi
- [KTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakt.md) Ketchikan International Airport · 144 km / 90 mi
- [YZP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyzp.md) Sandspit Airport · 146 km / 91 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: “Prince Rupert Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prince_Rupert_Airport&oldid=1363072877), revision of 7 Jul 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/cypr/data