# Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat (YXT / CYXT) **Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat** (IATA: YXT, ICAO: CYXT) is a medium airport in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,285 m (7,497 ft). In 2021 it handled 219 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxt ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: YXT / CYXT - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Terrace, British Columbia, Canada - Opened: 1943 - Elevation: 217 m / 713 ft - Coordinates: 54.4685, -128.5760 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 2,285 m / 7,497 ft - Passengers: 218,548 (2021) - Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver - Website: https://yxt.ca - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Regional_Airport_Terrace-Kitimat (10 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433034 - Weather station: CYXT · WMO 71951 - Ident: CYXT ## Timeline - 1943: Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 15/33 | 2,285 m / 7,497 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 172° / 352° | yes | | 03/21 | 1,638 m / 5,373 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 051° / 231° | | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2008 | 120,476 | Wikidata | | 2010 | 105,000 | Wikidata | | 2011 | 121,805 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 139,193 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 183,439 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 290,653 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 276,676 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 236,874 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 168,168 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 218,548 | Wikidata | ## Routes 7 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (3) - [YXS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxs.md) Prince George (International) Airport · Canada · 390 km / 242 mi · Central Mountain Air - [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 693 km / 431 mi · WestJet Encore, Air Canada Express - [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 1,045 km / 649 mi · WestJet Encore ### Seasonal (1) - [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 989 km / 615 mi · WestJet Encore ### Charter (7) - [YXS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxs.md) Prince George (International) Airport · Canada · 390 km / 242 mi · Airco Aircraft Charters - [YCD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cycd.md) Nanaimo Airport · Canada · 683 km / 424 mi · Summit Air - [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 693 km / 431 mi · North Cariboo Air, Central Mountain Air - [YLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cylw.md) Kelowna International Airport · Canada · 802 km / 498 mi · North Cariboo Air, Central Mountain Air - [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 989 km / 615 mi · Canadian North - [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 1,045 km / 649 mi · Canadian North - [YHM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhm.md) John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport · Canada · 3,691 km / 2,293 mi · Canadian North ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YXT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (7) - 5T [Canadian North](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/canadian-north) · 3 · charter - 9M [Central Mountain Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/central-mountain-air) · 3 - WR [WestJet Encore](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet-encore) · 3 - NCB [North Cariboo Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/north-cariboo-air) · 2 · charter - [Air Canada Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-express) · 1 - Airco Aircraft Charters · 1 · charter - [Summit Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/summit-air-q7637763) · 1 · charter Former hub of [Hawkair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hawkair). ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 219K (2021) | #1,498 of 3,974 | #331 in North America | #34 in CA | | Longest runway | 2,285 m / 7,497 ft | =3,133 of 29,858 | #684 in North America | #48 in CA | | Elevation | 217 m / 713 ft | =23,139 of 43,403 | =11,002 in North America | #961 in CA | | Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =35 in CA | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/G | MANDATORY FREQ RDO | 122.000 | | CNTR | VANCOUVER CNTR | 128.400 | | RCO | PACIFIC RDO | 126.700 | | RDO | RDO | 122.000 | ## Nearby airports - [CBW2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cbw2.md) Kitimat Airport · 33 km / 21 mi - [CBQ8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cbq8.md) Woodcock Airport · 70 km / 44 mi - [CA-0337](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0337.md) Nass Camp Airstrip · 95 km / 59 mi - [CA-0425](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0425.md) Seeley Lake Field · 98 km / 61 mi - [YYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyd.md) Smithers Airport · 98 km / 61 mi - [CAM5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cam5.md) Houston Airport · 116 km / 72 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: “Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northwest_Regional_Airport_Terrace-Kitimat&oldid=1360639601), revision of 22 Jun 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/cyxt/data