YXE

Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport

ICAO CYXE52.1707°N 106.7008°W504 m / 1,653 ftLarge airport
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Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (IATA: YXE, ICAO: CYXE) is a large airport in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It opened on 1 Jun 1929. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,530 m (8,300 ft). It is operated by Transport Canada. In 2025 it handled 1.5 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1929–1929
01 JUN 1929
OpenedSaskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27101° / 281° · LIT
LENGTH2,530 m8,300 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt
15/33165° / 345° · LIT
LENGTH1,890 m6,200 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.5M
1.4M
1.5M
1.5M
1.5M
1.5M
463K
440K
952K
1.3M
1.5M
1.5M
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Routes

19 destinations · 3 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miYPA · Prince Albert Glass Field · 135 km / 84 miYVC · La Ronge Airport · 345 km / 214 miYEG · Edmonton International Airport · 480 km / 298 miYYC · Calgary International Airport · 517 km / 321 miZWL · Wollaston Lake Airport · 697 km / 433 miYNL · Points North Landing Airport · 699 km / 434 miYWG · Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · 707 km / 439 miYSF · Stony Rapids Airport · 789 km / 490 miZFD · Fond-du-Lac Airport · 797 km / 495 miYBE · Uranium City Airport · 829 km / 515 miYVR · Vancouver International Airport · 1,205 km / 749 miMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 1,278 km / 794 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 2,210 km / 1,373 miYLW · Kelowna International Airport · 918 km / 570 miPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 2,126 km / 1,321 miYHZ · Halifax / Stanfield International Airport · 3,231 km / 2,008 miPVR · Puerto Vallarta International Airport · 3,504 km / 2,177 miCUN · Cancún International Airport · 3,859 km / 2,398 miYQR · Regina International Airport · 240 km / 149 miCUNPVRYHZYYZPHXMSPYVRYBEYSFYWGYYCYEGYVCYQRYLWYNLYPAZFDZWLYXE
Year-round13
YPAPrince Albert Glass FieldCanada · Transwest Air135 km84 miYVCLa Ronge AirportCanada · Transwest Air345 km214 miYEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore480 km298 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet, WestJet Encore517 km321 miZWLWollaston Lake AirportCanada · Transwest Air697 km433 miYNLPoints North Landing AirportCanada · Transwest Air699 km434 miYWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore707 km439 miYSFStony Rapids AirportCanada · Transwest Air789 km490 miZFDFond-du-Lac AirportCanada · Transwest Air797 km495 miYBEUranium City AirportCanada · Transwest Air829 km515 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada1,205 km749 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · WestJet1,278 km794 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Porter Airlines, Air Canada2,210 km1,373 mi
Most destinationsWestJet 8Transwest Air 7WestJet Encore 4Air Canada 2Cargojet 2SkyLink Express 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YXE. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport” (revision of 11 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.5M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#678of 3,974 · #165 North America · #13 CALongest runway2,530 m8,300 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,234of 29,823 · #497 North America · #35 CAElevation504 m1,653 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=10,843of 43,341 · =4,742 North America · =453 CAAgeOpened 19292026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=369of 15,079 · =78 North America · =6 CARunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =43 CA
Scale: 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

7 channels
A/DAPP/DEP119.900
A/GMF SASKATOON RDO118.300
ATISATIS128.400
CNTRWINNIPEG CNTR134.325
GNDGND121.900
RCOEDMONTON RDO122.500
TWRTWR118.300