# Gander International Airport (YQX / CYQX) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqx ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: YQX / CYQX - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - Opened: 1938 - Elevation: 151 m / 496 ft - Coordinates: 48.9363, -54.5677 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 3,109 m / 10,200 ft - Passengers: 115,978 (2024) - Time zone: UTC-3:30/-2:30 · America/St_Johns - Website: https://www.ganderairport.com/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gander_International_Airport (24 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431350 - Weather station: CYQX · WMO 71803 - Ident: CYQX ## Timeline - 1938: Gander International Airport opens. - 5 Sep 1967: ČSA Flight 523. 37 killed. - 12 Dec 1985: Arrow Air Flight 1285R. 256 killed. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 03/21 | 3,109 m / 10,200 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 011° / 191° | yes | | 13/31 | 2,713 m / 8,900 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 107° / 287° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2013 | 176,264 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 195,961 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 238,190 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 206,831 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 171,558 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 171,517 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 158,379 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 43,757 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 49,447 | Wikidata | | 2022 | 104,533 | Wikidata | | 2023 | 109,678 | Wikidata | | 2024 | 115,978 | Wikidata | ## Routes 8 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (5) - [YYT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyt.md) St. John's International Airport · Canada · 199 km / 124 mi · PAL Airlines - [YYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyr.md) Goose Bay Airport · Canada · 636 km / 395 mi · PAL Airlines - [YHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhz.md) Halifax / Stanfield International Airport · Canada · 814 km / 506 mi · Air Canada Express - [ZUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/czum.md) Churchill Falls Airport · Canada · 839 km / 521 mi · PAL Airlines - [YWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywk.md) Wabush Airport · Canada · 967 km / 601 mi · PAL Airlines ### Seasonal (3) - [YDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cydf.md) Deer Lake Airport · Canada · 208 km / 129 mi · PAL Airlines - [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 1,495 km / 929 mi · Air Canada Express - [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 2,001 km / 1,243 mi · Air Canada Express ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YQX, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (2) - PB [PAL Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pal-airlines) · 5 - [Air Canada Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-express) · 3 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 116K (2024) | #1,754 of 3,974 | #397 in North America | #43 in CA | | Longest runway | 3,109 m / 10,200 ft | #924 of 29,858 | #198 in North America | #12 in CA | | Elevation | 151 m / 496 ft | =27,174 of 43,403 | =12,975 in North America | #1,095 in CA | | Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =246 in North America | =13 in CA | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/D | APP/DEP | 128.500 | | ATIS | ATIS | 124.800 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | OPS | OUTCAST OPS | 128.850 | | RCO | HALIFAX RDO | 126.700 | | TWR | TWR | 118.100 | ## Nearby airports - [CCP2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccp2.md) Exploits Valley Botwood Airport · 66 km / 41 mi - [CDY3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cdy3.md) Fogo Aeroddrome · 84 km / 52 mi - [CCZ3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccz3.md) Clarenville Airport · 87 km / 54 mi - [CCD2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccd2.md) Springdale Airport · 132 km / 82 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: “Gander International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gander_International_Airport&oldid=1376008805), 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/cyqx/data