Gander International Airport

ICAO CYQX48.9363°N 54.5677°W151 m / 496 ftMedium airport

Gander International Airport (IATA: YQX, ICAO: CYQX) is a medium airport in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It opened in 1938. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,109 m (10,200 ft). In 2024 it handled 116 thousand passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1938–1985

1938

OpenedGander International Airport opens.

05 SEP 1967

DisasterČSA Flight 523.37 killed

12 DEC 1985

DisasterArrow Air Flight 1285R.256 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

03/21011° / 191° · LIT

LENGTH3,109 m10,200 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt

13/31107° / 287° · LIT

LENGTH2,713 m8,900 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024

176K

196K

238K

207K

172K

158K

44K

49K

105K

110K

116K

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Routes

8 destinations · 1 country

Year-round5

YYTSt. John's International AirportCanada · PAL Airlines199 km124 mi YYRGoose Bay AirportCanada · PAL Airlines636 km395 mi YHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · Air Canada Express814 km506 mi ZUMChurchill Falls AirportCanada · PAL Airlines839 km521 mi YWKWabush AirportCanada · PAL Airlines967 km601 mi

Seasonal3

YDFDeer Lake AirportCanada · PAL Airlines208 km129 mi YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada Express1,495 km929 mi YYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada Express2,001 km1,243 mi

Most destinationsPAL Airlines 5Air Canada Express 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YQX. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Gander International Airport” (revision of 21 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers116K (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,754of 3,974 · #397 North America · #43 CA Longest runway3,109 m10,200 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#924of 29,823 · #198 North America · #12 CA Elevation151 m496 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=27,146of 43,341 · =12,972 North America · #1,095 CA AgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =246 North America · =13 CA Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =43 CA

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels

A/DAPP/DEP128.500

ATISATIS124.800

GNDGND121.900

OPSOUTCAST OPS128.850

RCOHALIFAX RDO126.700

TWRTWR118.100