# Prince George (International) Airport (YXS / CYXS) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxs ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: YXS / CYXS - Type: Medium airport - Operator: Transport Canada - Serves: Prince George, British Columbia, Canada - Opened: 1928 - Elevation: 691 m / 2,267 ft - Coordinates: 53.8843, -122.6666 - Runways: 3 - Longest runway: 3,490 m / 11,450 ft - Passengers: 185,401 (2021) - Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver - Website: https://www.pgairport.ca/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_Airport (16 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q779571 - Weather station: CYXS · WMO 71896 - Ident: CYXS ## Timeline - 1928: Prince George (International) Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 15/33 | 3,490 m / 11,450 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 170° / 350° | yes | | 06/24 | 1,714 m / 5,624 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 079° / 259° | yes | | 01/19 | 1,149 m / 3,769 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 031° / 211° | | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2010 | 390,340 | Wikidata | | 2011 | 402,438 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 418,589 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 442,314 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 445,929 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 464,210 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 476,174 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 487,647 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 495,612 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 474,485 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 161,553 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 185,401 | Wikidata | ## Routes 9 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (7) - [YXT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxt.md) Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat · Canada · 390 km / 242 mi · Central Mountain Air - [YLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cylw.md) Kelowna International Airport · Canada · 491 km / 305 mi · Pacific Coastal Airlines, Central Mountain Air - [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 523 km / 325 mi · WestJet Encore, Air Canada Express - [YYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyye.md) Fort Nelson Airport · Canada · 551 km / 342 mi · Central Mountain Air - [YYJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyj.md) Victoria International Airport · Canada · 585 km / 364 mi · Pacific Coastal Airlines - [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 603 km / 375 mi · Central Mountain Air - [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 661 km / 411 mi · WestJet Encore, Central Mountain Air ### Seasonal (2) - [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 603 km / 375 mi · WestJet Encore - [PVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmpr.md) Puerto Vallarta International Airport · Mexico · 3,977 km / 2,471 mi · WestJet ### Cargo (2) - [YKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyka.md) Kamloops John Moose Fulton Field Regional Airport · Canada · 385 km / 239 mi · Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter, Central Mountain Air - [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 523 km / 325 mi · Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter, Central Mountain Air ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YXS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (5) - 9M [Central Mountain Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/central-mountain-air) · 7 - WR [WestJet Encore](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet-encore) · 3 - 8P [Pacific Coastal Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pacific-coastal-airlines) · 2 - [Air Canada Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-express) · 1 - WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 1 · seasonal ### Cargo (1) - KW [Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kelowna-flightcraft-air-charter) · 2 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 185K (2021) | #1,566 of 3,974 | #345 in North America | #35 in CA | | Longest runway | 3,490 m / 11,450 ft | =549 of 29,858 | #127 in North America | #5 in CA | | Elevation | 691 m / 2,267 ft | =7,740 of 43,403 | #3,602 in North America | #243 in CA | | Age | Opened 1928 | =323 of 15,079 | =58 in North America | =3 in CA | | Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =4 in CA | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | MF | Prince George Radio, 07-14Z, 5nm below 5500ASL | 118.300 | | PAL | Vancouver Control | 133.800 | | GND | Prince George Ground, 14-07Z | 121.900 | | AWOS | Automatic Weather Observation Station, 07-14Z | 128.725 | | RCO | Williams Lake Radio, 07-14Z | 118.300 | | TWR | Prince George Tower, 14-07Z, (V) | 118.300 | | ATIS | Automatic Terminal Information Service , 14-07Z | 128.725 | | RCO | Pacific Radio (FISE) | 122.100 | | RCO | Prince George Radio (FISE) | 126.700 | ## Nearby airports - [CBA8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cba8.md) Beaverley Airport · 16 km / 10 mi - [CAU4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cau4.md) Vanderhoof Airport · 90 km / 56 mi - [YQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqz.md) Quesnel Airport · 96 km / 60 mi - [CA-0938](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0938.md) Nazko Airfield · 106 km / 66 mi - [CYJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyjm.md) Fort St James Airport · 119 km / 74 mi - [CBZ9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cbz9.md) Fraser Lake Airport · 138 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) - [Wikipedia: “Prince George Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prince_George_Airport&oldid=1366852864), revision of 30 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/cyxs/data