Calgary International Airport

ICAO CYYC51.1188°N 114.0099°W1,084 m / 3,557 ftLarge 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 · 1939–1984

1939

OpenedCalgary International Airport opens.

22 MAR 1984

DisasterPacific Western Airlines Flight 501.No deaths

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

17L/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

2013–2024

14.3M

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 countries

Year-round26

Seasonal9

YQQComox Valley International Airport / CFB ComoxCanada · WestJet Encore786 km488 mi YBLCampbell River AirportCanada · WestJet Encore806 km501 mi PDXPortland International AirportUnited States · WestJet Encore883 km549 mi YZFYellowknife International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore1,262 km784 mi ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,224 km1,382 mi IADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,133 km1,947 mi CLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,171 km1,970 mi LGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,261 km2,026 mi JFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,276 km2,036 mi

Most 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 · country

Passengers18.5M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#124of 3,974 · #36 North America · #4 CA Longest runway4,267 m14,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#48of 29,823 · #15 North America · #1 CA Elevation1,084 m3,557 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#4,256of 43,341 · #2,230 North America · #36 CA AgeOpened 19392026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,029of 15,079 · =343 North America · =18 CA Runways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =4 CA

Scale: 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 channels

ARRCalgary 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