# Wabush Airport (YWK / CYWK)

**Wabush Airport** (IATA: YWK, ICAO: CYWK) is a medium airport in Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,002 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Transport Canada. In 2021 it handled 75 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YWK / CYWK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Transport Canada
- Serves: Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Elevation: 551 m / 1,808 ft
- Coordinates: 52.9219, -66.8644
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,002 ft
- Passengers: 75,371 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC-4/-3 · America/Goose_Bay
- Website: http://wabushairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabush_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3502288
- Weather station: CYWK · WMO 71825
- Ident: CYWK

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,829 m / 6,002 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 157° / 337° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 79,974 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 62,579 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 93,674 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 134,280 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 201,329 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 183,836 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 153,628 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 123,148 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 119,132 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 69,795 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 75,371 | Wikidata |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 75K (2021) | #1,919 of 3,974 | #430 in North America | #48 in CA |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,002 ft | =4,565 of 29,858 | =1,267 in North America | #84 in CA |
| Elevation | 551 m / 1,808 ft | =9,863 of 43,403 | =4,399 in North America | #397 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | MONTREAL CNTR | 132.250 |
| A/G | MF | 122.000 |
| RCO | QUEBEC RDO | 126.700 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [CSF3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/csf3.md) Poste Montagnais (Mile 134) Airport · 139 km / 86 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)
- [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/cywk/data