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Calgary International Airport
Calgary International Airport (IATA: YYC, ICAO: CYYC) is a large airport in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It opened in 1939. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,267 m (14,000 ft). It is operated by Transport Canada. In 2024 it handled 18.5 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1939–19841939
OpenedCalgary International Airport opens.
22 MAR 1984
DisasterPacific Western Airlines Flight 501.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap17L/35R180° · LIT
LENGTH4,267 m14,000 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEConcrete
17R/35L180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH3,863 m12,675 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt
11/29120° / 300° · LIT
LENGTH2,438 m8,000 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2013–202414.3M
15.3M
15.5M
15.7M
16.3M
17.3M
18.0M
5.7M
6.3M
14.5M
18.0M
18.5M
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Routes
34 destinations · 4 countriesYear-round26
YXCCranbrook/Canadian Rockies International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore210 km130 miYEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore, Air North245 km152 miYLWKelowna International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore401 km249 miYYFPenticton AirportCanada · WestJet Encore438 km272 miYKAKamloops John Moose Fulton Field Regional AirportCanada · WestJet Encore454 km282 miYXESaskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore517 km321 miYQUGrande Prairie AirportCanada · WestJet Encore556 km345 miYXXAbbotsford International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore639 km397 miYMMFort McMurray International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore642 km399 miYQRRegina International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore661 km411 miYXSPrince George (International) AirportCanada · WestJet Encore661 km411 miYXJFort St John / North Peace Regional AirportCanada · WestJet Encore721 km448 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · WestJet Encore727 km452 miYYJVictoria International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore728 km452 miYCDNanaimo AirportCanada · WestJet Encore739 km459 miYBRBrandon Municipal AirportCanada · WestJet Encore1,001 km622 miYXTNorthwest Regional Airport Terrace-KitimatCanada · WestJet Encore1,045 km649 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,445 km898 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,639 km1,018 miYXYWhitehorse / Erik Nielsen International AirportCanada · Air North1,678 km1,043 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,688 km1,049 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,224 km1,382 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,451 km1,523 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,813 km1,748 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM7,167 km4,453 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways11,540 km7,171 miSeasonal9
YQQComox Valley International Airport / CFB ComoxCanada · WestJet Encore786 km488 miYBLCampbell River AirportCanada · WestJet Encore806 km501 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · WestJet Encore883 km549 miYZFYellowknife International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore1,262 km784 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,224 km1,382 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,133 km1,947 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,171 km1,970 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,261 km2,026 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,276 km2,036 miMost destinationsWestJet Encore 21United Airlines 5American Airlines 5Air North 2Delta Air Lines 1KLM 1
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YYC. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Calgary International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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
17 channelsARRCalgary Arrivals (E)125.900
CLDCalgary Clearance120.825
PALEdmonton Centre133.300
DEPCalgary Departures119.800
GNDSouth Ground121.900
VFR ADVVFR Advisories119.400
RCOEdmonton Radio (FISE)123.375
RMPApron I, 12-07Z121.300
TWRCalgary Tower, (W)118.400
GNDNorth Ground125.350
ATISAutomatic Terminal Information System128.225
PALEdmonton Centre124.525
RMPApron II, 12-08Z129.700
TWRCalgary Tower, (E)236.600
TWRCalgary Tower, (E)118.875
ARRCalgary Arrivals (W)123.850
ARRCalgary Arrivals126.525