# Whitehorse / Erik Nielsen International Airport (YXY / CYXY) **Whitehorse / Erik Nielsen International Airport** (IATA: YXY, ICAO: CYXY) is a medium airport in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. It opened in 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,895 m (9,497 ft). In 2019 it handled 368 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxy ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: YXY / CYXY - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada - Opened: 1942 - Elevation: 706 m / 2,317 ft - Coordinates: 60.7085, -135.0657 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 2,895 m / 9,497 ft - Passengers: 368,238 (2019) - Time zone: UTC-7 · America/Whitehorse - Website: https://yukon.ca/en/driving-and-transportation/whitehorse-airport - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Nielsen_Whitehorse_International_Airport (20 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433251 - Weather station: CYXY · WMO 71964 - Ident: CYXY ## Timeline - 1942: Whitehorse / Erik Nielsen International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 14R/32L | 2,895 m / 9,497 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 158° / 338° | yes | | 14L/32R | 2,011 m / 6,597 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 159° / 339° | | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2004 | 174,524 | Wikidata | | 2005 | 198,519 | Wikidata | | 2008 | 205,343 | Wikidata | | 2010 | 229,731 | Wikidata | | 2011 | 247,350 | Wikidata | | 2012 | 271,904 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 269,326 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 304,871 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 286,406 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 336,433 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 349,451 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 368,238 | Wikidata | ## Routes 9 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (8) - [YDA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyda.md) Dawson City Airport · Canada · 426 km / 265 mi · Air North - [YEV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyev.md) Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport · Canada · 848 km / 527 mi · Air North - [YZF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyzf.md) Yellowknife International Airport · Canada · 1,104 km / 686 mi · Air North - [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 1,483 km / 921 mi · Air Canada, Air North - [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 1,528 km / 949 mi · Air North - [YYJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyj.md) Victoria International Airport · Canada · 1,531 km / 951 mi · Air North - [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 1,678 km / 1,043 mi · Air North - [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 4,067 km / 2,527 mi · Air North ### Seasonal (2) - [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 1,678 km / 1,043 mi · WestJet - [YOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyow.md) Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Canada · 4,150 km / 2,579 mi · Air North ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YXY, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (1) - 4N [Air North](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-north) · 9 ### Passenger (2) - AC [Air Canada](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada) · 1 - WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 1 · seasonal ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 368K (2019) | #1,256 of 3,974 | #287 in North America | #25 in CA | | Longest runway | 2,895 m / 9,497 ft | #1,524 of 29,858 | #323 in North America | #23 in CA | | Elevation | 706 m / 2,317 ft | =7,543 of 43,403 | =3,519 in North America | #222 in CA | | Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =32 in CA | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | PAL | Edmonton Control | 132.100 | | MF | Whitehorse Radio, 05-15Z, 5nm below 5400ASL | 118.300 | | RCO | Whitehorse Radio (FISE), (E) | 123.275 | | GND | Whitehorse Ground, 15-05Z | 121.900 | | VDF | VHF Direction Findinf | 118.300 | | TWR | Whitehorse Tower, (E), 15-05Z | 118.300 | | TWR | Whitehorse Tower, (E), 15-05Z | 236.600 | | ATIS | Automatic Terminal Information System | 125.250 | ## Nearby airports - [CFP8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cfp8.md) Whitehorse / Cousins Airport · 13 km / 8.1 mi - [CA-0798](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0798.md) Carcross Cutoff Airport · 18 km / 11 mi - [CA-0797](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0797.md) Hootalinqua Ranch Airport · 48 km / 30 mi - [CA-0796](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0796.md) Caribou Crossing Trading Post Airport · 60 km / 37 mi - [CFA4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cfa4.md) Carcross Airport · 63 km / 39 mi - [CEK2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cek2.md) Braeburn Airport · 94 km / 59 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: “Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erik_Nielsen_Whitehorse_International_Airport&oldid=1367122895), revision of 1 Aug 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/cyxy/data