YWG
Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport
Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (IATA: YWG, ICAO: CYWG) is a large airport in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It opened in 1928. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,353 m (11,000 ft). It is operated by Transport Canada. In 2025 it handled 4.4 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1928–19281928
OpenedWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap18/36189° / 009° · LIT
LENGTH3,353 m11,000 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt
13/31137° / 317° · LIT
LENGTH2,695 m8,841 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–20253.7M
3.8M
4.0M
4.1M
4.5M
4.5M
1.3M
1.2M
3.0M
4.0M
4.2M
4.4M
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Routes
59 destinations · 8 countriesYear-round39
YRLRed Lake AirportCanada · Bearskin Airlines276 km171 miYPMPikangikum AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation312 km194 miYVZDeer Lake AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation377 km234 miYXLSioux Lookout AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation, Bearskin Airlines382 km237 miYNONorth Spirit Lake AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation413 km257 miZSJSandy Lake AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation442 km275 miYNENorway House AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation452 km281 miYSTSt. Theresa Point AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation467 km290 miYIVIsland Lake AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation473 km294 miYQDThe Pas AirportCanada · Calm Air523 km325 miYCRCross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation524 km326 miYQRRegina International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore531 km330 miYRSRed Sucker Lake AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation536 km333 miYGOGods Lake Narrows AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation550 km342 miZPBSachigo Lake AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation562 km349 miYOHOxford House AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation574 km357 miZGIGods River AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation589 km366 miYQTThunder Bay International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore600 km373 miYFOFlin Flon AirportCanada · Calm Air610 km379 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Connection636 km395 miYTHThompson AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation, Calm Air656 km408 miZACYork Landing AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation691 km429 miYXESaskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore707 km439 miYGXGillam AirportCanada · Calm Air736 km457 miZTMShamattawa AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation747 km464 miYYQChurchill AirportCanada · Calm Air1,003 km623 miXLBLac Brochet AirportCanada · Perimeter Aviation1,006 km625 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express1,138 km707 miYEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · WestJet1,187 km738 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet1,191 km740 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Express1,260 km783 miYSKSanikiluaq AirportCanada · Calm Air1,400 km870 miYRTRankin Inlet AirportCanada · Calm Air1,468 km912 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Porter Airlines, Air Canada +11,504 km935 miYHMJohn C. Munro Hamilton International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines1,516 km942 miYOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines1,689 km1,049 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada1,818 km1,130 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada, Flair Airlines1,864 km1,158 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · WestJet3,337 km2,074 miSeasonal24
YEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · Flair Airlines1,187 km738 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · Flair Airlines1,191 km740 miYXULondon International AirportCanada · WestJet1,446 km899 miYLWKelowna International AirportCanada · WestJet1,579 km981 miYOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · WestJet1,689 km1,049 miYHUMontréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan AirportCanada · Porter Airlines1,839 km1,143 miYYJVictoria International AirportCanada · WestJet1,895 km1,177 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · WestJet2,107 km1,309 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · WestJet2,196 km1,365 miPSPPalm Springs International AirportUnited States · WestJet2,382 km1,480 miYHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · WestJet2,577 km1,601 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · WestJet2,742 km1,704 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · WestJet3,028 km1,882 miMZTGeneral Rafael Buelna International AirportMexico · WestJet3,076 km1,911 miSJDLos Cabos International AirportMexico · WestJet3,168 km1,969 miYYTSt. John's International AirportCanada · WestJet3,222 km2,002 miPVRPuerto Vallarta International AirportMexico · WestJet3,326 km2,067 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Air Canada Rouge3,337 km2,074 miBZEPhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBelize · WestJet3,687 km2,291 miHUXBahías de Huatulco International AirportMexico · WestJet3,797 km2,359 miMBJSangster International AirportJamaica · WestJet, Air Canada Rouge3,893 km2,419 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · WestJet, Air Canada Rouge4,326 km2,688 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · WestJet4,484 km2,786 miLIRDaniel Oduber Quirós International AirportCosta Rica · WestJet4,502 km2,797 miMost destinationsWestJet 25Perimeter Aviation 18Calm Air 7Porter Airlines 4Flair Airlines 4WestJet Encore 3
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YWG. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Winnipeg Richardson International Airport” (revision of 23 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
11 channelsARRARR119.500
ATISATIS120.200
CLDCLNC DEL121.300
DEPDEP119.900
GNDGND121.900
VFR ADVWinnipeg advisory121.000
MILMilitary operations131.400
PMSVPMSV34.460
TWRTWR118.300
TWRWinnipeg tower - secondary (V)125.400
MILMilitary operations308.800