YXS

Prince George (International) Airport

ICAO CYXS53.8843°N 122.6666°W691 m / 2,267 ftMedium airport
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Prince George (International) Airport (IATA: YXS, ICAO: CYXS) is a medium airport in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1928. It has 3 runways; the longest is 3,490 m (11,450 ft). It is operated by Transport Canada. In 2021 it handled 185 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1928–1928
1928
OpenedPrince George (International) Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Prince George Airport
15/33170° / 350° · LIT
LENGTH3,490 m11,450 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
06/24079° / 259° · LIT
LENGTH1,714 m5,624 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
01/19031° / 211°
LENGTH1,149 m3,769 ftWIDTH23 m75 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2021
390K
402K
419K
442K
446K
464K
476K
488K
496K
474K
162K
185K
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Routes

9 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsCentral Mountain Air 7WestJet Encore 3Pacific Coastal Airlines 2Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter 2Air Canada Express 1WestJet 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YXS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Prince George Airport” (revision of 30 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers185K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,566of 3,974 · #345 North America · #35 CALongest runway3,490 m11,450 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=550of 29,823 · #127 North America · #5 CAElevation691 m2,267 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=7,736of 43,341 · #3,599 North America · #243 CAAgeOpened 19282026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=323of 15,079 · =58 North America · =3 CARunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =4 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

9 channels
MFPrince George Radio, 07-14Z, 5nm below 5500ASL118.300
PALVancouver Control133.800
GNDPrince George Ground, 14-07Z121.900
AWOSAutomatic Weather Observation Station, 07-14Z128.725
RCOWilliams Lake Radio, 07-14Z118.300
TWRPrince George Tower, 14-07Z, (V)118.300
ATISAutomatic Terminal Information Service , 14-07Z128.725
RCOPacific Radio (FISE)122.100
RCOPrince George Radio (FISE)126.700