# Smithers Airport (YYD / CYYD)

**Smithers Airport** (IATA: YYD, ICAO: CYYD) is a medium airport in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1999. It has one runway, 1,524 m (5,000 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YYD / CYYD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
- Opened: 1999
- Elevation: 522 m / 1,712 ft
- Coordinates: 54.8247, -127.1830
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,524 m / 5,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithers_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432893
- Weather station: CYYD · WMO 71950
- Ident: CYYD

## Timeline

- 1999: Smithers Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 1,524 m / 5,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | yes |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 683 km / 424 mi · Air Canada Express, Central Mountain Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- 9M [Central Mountain Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/central-mountain-air) · 1

### Passenger (1)

- [Air Canada Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,524 m / 5,000 ft | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =182 in CA |
| Elevation | 522 m / 1,712 ft | #10,497 of 43,403 | #4,618 in North America | #431 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1999 | =11,027 of 15,079 | =8,642 in North America | #58 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | MANDATORY FREQ RDO | 122.300 |
| FSS | RDO | 122.300 |
| RCO | PACIFIC RDO | 126.700 |

## Nearby airports

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- [CBQ8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cbq8.md) Woodcock Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [CA-0323](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0323.md) Private Airstrip · 79 km / 49 mi
- [CA-0424](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0424.md) Witwer Airfield · 90 km / 56 mi
- [YPZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cypz.md) Burns Lake Airport · 94 km / 58 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: “Smithers Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Smithers_Airport&oldid=1363114376), revision of 8 Jul 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/cyyd/data