# Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport (YQY / CYQY)

**Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport** (IATA: YQY, ICAO: CYQY) is a medium airport in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. It opened on 6 Jun 1929. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,155 m (7,070 ft). In 2019 it handled 174 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YQY / CYQY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Opened: 6 Jun 1929 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 62 m / 203 ft
- Coordinates: 46.1611, -60.0498
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,155 m / 7,070 ft
- Passengers: 174,052 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC-4/-3 · America/Glace_Bay
- Website: http://www.sydneyairport.ca
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JA_Douglas_McCurdy_Sydney_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3912586
- Weather station: CYQY · WMO 71707
- Ident: CYQY

## Timeline

- 6 Jun 1929: Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,155 m / 7,070 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 046° / 226° | yes |
| 18/36 | 1,828 m / 5,997 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 165° / 345° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 181,656 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 188,551 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 190,956 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 174,052 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Seasonal (1)

- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 3,913 km / 2,431 mi · WestJet

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 174K (2019) | #1,593 of 3,974 | #355 in North America | #38 in CA |
| Longest runway | 2,155 m / 7,070 ft | =3,416 of 29,858 | #785 in North America | #52 in CA |
| Elevation | 62 m / 203 ft | =33,816 of 43,403 | =15,463 in North America | #1,219 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1929 | =369 of 15,079 | =78 in North America | =6 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | MONCTON CNTR | 118.600 |
| FSS | RDO | 122.000 |
| RCO | CHARLOTTETOWN RDO | 122.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [CDW2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cdw2.md) Crown Jewel Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [CA-0804](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0804.md) Crowdis Mountain Airstrip · 59 km / 37 mi
- [CCZ4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccz4.md) Margaree Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [YPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cypd.md) Port Hawkesbury Airport · 116 km / 72 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: “JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JA_Douglas_McCurdy_Sydney_Airport&oldid=1364013379), revision of 13 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/cyqy/data