# Fort St John / North Peace Regional Airport (YXJ / CYXJ)

**Fort St John / North Peace Regional Airport** (IATA: YXJ, ICAO: CYXJ) is a medium airport in Fort Saint John, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,106 m (6,909 ft). In 2019 it handled 319 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YXJ / CYXJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fort Saint John, British Columbia, Canada
- Opened: 1940
- Elevation: 695 m / 2,280 ft
- Coordinates: 56.2381, -120.7400
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,106 m / 6,909 ft
- Passengers: 318,968 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC-7 · America/Dawson_Creek
- Website: https://yxj.ca
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St._John_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431320
- Weather station: CYXJ · WMO 71943
- Ident: CYXJ

## Timeline

- 1940: Fort St John / North Peace Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 2,106 m / 6,909 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 03/21 | 2,042 m / 6,698 ft | 60 m / 198 ft | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |

- 03/21 slopes 1.0%: threshold 03 at 674 m / 2,211 ft, threshold 21 at 695 m / 2,279 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 174,773 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 245,800 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 256,629 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 240,636 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 256,731 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 296,484 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 318,968 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 721 km / 448 mi · WestJet Encore
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 800 km / 497 mi · WestJet Encore, Air Canada Express

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- NCB [North Cariboo Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/north-cariboo-air)

### Passenger (2)

- WR [WestJet Encore](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet-encore) · 2
- [Air Canada Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 319K (2019) | #1,310 of 3,974 | #299 in North America | #29 in CA |
| Longest runway | 2,106 m / 6,909 ft | #3,566 of 29,858 | #872 in North America | #60 in CA |
| Elevation | 695 m / 2,280 ft | =7,689 of 43,403 | =3,581 in North America | =239 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =23 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | MF ST JOHN RDO | 118.500 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.500 |
| CNTR | EDMONTON CNTR | 132.600 |
| FSS | RDO | 118.500 |
| RCO | EDMONTON RDO | 122.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [CA-0962](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0962.md) Mile 62 1/2 Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [CDC3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cdc3.md) Flying L Ranch Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [CA-0567](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0567.md) Carlstads Airstrip · 58 km / 36 mi
- [YDQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cydq.md) Dawson Creek Airport · 65 km / 41 mi
- [YNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cynh.md) Hudson's Hope Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [YCQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cycq.md) Chetwynd Airport · 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: “Fort St. John Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_St._John_Airport&oldid=1363037694), 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/cyxj/data