# Abbotsford International Airport (YXX / CYXX)

**Abbotsford International Airport** (IATA: YXX, ICAO: CYXX) is a medium airport in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1997. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,926 m (9,600 ft). In 2025 it handled 1.0 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YXX / CYXX
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
- Opened: 1997
- Elevation: 59 m / 195 ft
- Coordinates: 49.0253, -122.3610
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,926 m / 9,600 ft
- Passengers: 1,025,655 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Website: https://www.abbotsfordairport.ca/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbotsford_International_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q969671
- Weather station: CYXX · WMO 71108
- Ident: CYXX

## Timeline

- 1997: Abbotsford International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,926 m / 9,600 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Paved | 087° / 267° | yes |
| 01/19 | 1,624 m / 5,328 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 025° / 205° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 477,087 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 487,833 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 530,643 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 677,653 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 928,111 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,001,423 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 312,165 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 508,042 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 992,712 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 1,275,484 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 1,000,839 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 1,025,655 | Wikidata |

## Routes

5 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 639 km / 397 mi · WestJet, Flair Airlines
- [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 775 km / 482 mi · Flair Airlines
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 3,288 km / 2,043 mi · Flair Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [PVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmpr.md) Puerto Vallarta International Airport · Mexico · 3,499 km / 2,174 mi · WestJet

### Cargo (1)

- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 63 km / 39 mi · UPS Airlines, SkyLink Express

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- IAX [Island Express Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/island-express-air)

### Passenger (2)

- F8 [Flair Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flair-airlines) · 3
- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 2

### Cargo (2)

- SLQ [SkyLink Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skylink-express) · 1
- 5X [UPS Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ups-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [BCWest Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bcwest-air).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.0M (2025) | #814 of 3,974 | #199 in North America | #15 in CA |
| Longest runway | 2,926 m / 9,600 ft | =1,486 of 29,858 | =308 in North America | #22 in CA |
| Elevation | 59 m / 195 ft | =34,111 of 43,403 | =15,578 in North America | #1,224 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1997 | =10,733 of 15,079 | =8,402 in North America | #57 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | VICTORIA TRML | 132.700 |
| A/G | MF | 119.400 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.800 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | PACIFIC RDO | 122.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [YLY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cynj.md) Langley Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [BLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbli.md) Bellingham International Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [CYPK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cypk.md) Pitt Meadows Regional Airport · 33 km / 20 mi
- [YDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/czbb.md) Boundary Bay Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [ESD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kors.md) Orcas Island Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · 63 km / 39 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: “Abbotsford International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abbotsford_International_Airport&oldid=1375602237), revision of 18 Sep 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/cyxx/data
