# Saint John Airport (YSJ / CYSJ)

**Saint John Airport** (IATA: YSJ, ICAO: CYSJ) is a medium airport in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It opened on 8 Jan 1952. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,134 m (7,000 ft). In 2019 it handled 281 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YSJ / CYSJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Opened: 8 Jan 1952 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 109 m / 357 ft
- Coordinates: 45.3161, -65.8903
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,134 m / 7,000 ft
- Passengers: 281,100 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC-4/-3 · America/Moncton
- Website: https://ysjsaintjohn.ca/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2748237
- Weather station: CYSJ · WMO 71609
- Ident: CYSJ

## Timeline

- 8 Jan 1952: Saint John Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,134 m / 7,000 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 030° / 210° | yes |
| 14/32 | 1,555 m / 5,100 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 121° / 301° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 245,102 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 222,310 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 227,223 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 208,250 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 216,868 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 235,781 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 248,820 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 252,002 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 250,670 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 263,700 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 282,200 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 281,100 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Seasonal (1)

- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 1,103 km / 685 mi · Air Canada Rouge, Flair Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- RV [Air Canada Rouge](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-rouge) · 1 · seasonal
- F8 [Flair Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flair-airlines) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 281K (2019) | #1,378 of 3,974 | #311 in North America | #31 in CA |
| Longest runway | 2,134 m / 7,000 ft | =3,488 of 29,858 | =832 in North America | =56 in CA |
| Elevation | 109 m / 357 ft | =30,013 of 43,403 | =13,995 in North America | #1,141 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1952 | =3,844 of 15,079 | =2,673 in North America | =40 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | MF | 118.500 |
| CNTR | MONCTON CNTR | 124.300 |
| RDO | RDO | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [YFC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyfc.md) Fredericton International Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [YZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyzx.md) CFB Greenwood · 85 km / 53 mi
- [YDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyid.md) Digby / Annapolis Regional Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
- [YQM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqm.md) Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport · 129 km / 80 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: “Saint John Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_John_Airport&oldid=1363089150), 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/cysj/data