# Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC / CYXC)

**Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport** (IATA: YXC, ICAO: CYXC) is a medium airport in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,000 ft) long, asphalt. In 2019 it handled 181 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YXC / CYXC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
- Elevation: 939 m / 3,082 ft
- Coordinates: 49.6108, -115.7820
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,000 ft
- Passengers: 181,072 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Edmonton
- Website: https://flyyxc.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranbrook/Canadian_Rockies_International_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908580
- Weather station: CYXC · WMO 71880
- Ident: CYXC

## Timeline

- 11 Feb 1978: Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314. 42 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 178° / 358° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 106,277 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 105,368 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 106,207 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 110,417 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 112,762 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 114,522 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 125,156 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 129,778 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 129,123 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 132,424 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 174,537 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 181,072 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 210 km / 130 mi · WestJet Encore
- [YLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cylw.md) Kelowna International Airport · Canada · 261 km / 162 mi · Pacific Coastal Airlines
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 537 km / 334 mi · WestJet Encore, Air Canada Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- WR [WestJet Encore](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet-encore) · 2
- [Air Canada Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-express) · 1
- 8P [Pacific Coastal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pacific-coastal-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 181K (2019) | #1,578 of 3,974 | #352 in North America | #37 in CA |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =87 in CA |
| Elevation | 939 m / 3,082 ft | =5,283 of 43,403 | #2,645 in North America | #89 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | MF | 122.300 |
| CNTR | VANCOUVER CNTR | 133.600 |
| RCO | PACIFIC RDO | 126.700 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [CBE2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cbe2.md) Lionel P. Demers Memorial Airpark · 58 km / 36 mi
- [CA-0769](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0769.md) Canal Flats Airport · 62 km / 38 mi
- [CA-0768](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0768.md) Thunder Hill Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [CYSW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cysw.md) Sparwood Elk Valley Airport · 70 km / 43 mi
- [YCZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cycz.md) Fairmont Hot Springs Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [CFQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/caj3.md) Creston Valley Regional Airport - Art Sutcliffe Field · 82 km / 51 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: “Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cranbrook/Canadian_Rockies_International_Airport&oldid=1363478969), revision of 10 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/cyxc/data