# Fort Nelson Airport (YYE / CYYE)

**Fort Nelson Airport** (IATA: YYE, ICAO: CYYE) is a medium airport in Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,951 m (6,400 ft). In 2012 it handled 68 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YYE / CYYE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
- Elevation: 382 m / 1,253 ft
- Coordinates: 58.8364, -122.5970
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,951 m / 6,400 ft
- Passengers: 67,550 (2012)
- Time zone: UTC-7 · America/Fort_Nelson
- Website: https://www.northernrockies.ca/en/live-here/regional-airport.aspx
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Nelson_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428081
- Weather station: CYYE · WMO 71945
- Ident: CYYE

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,951 m / 6,400 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 057° / 237° | yes |
| 08/26 | 1,090 m / 3,575 ft | 24 m / 77 ft | Asphalt | 102° / 282° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 44,282 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 67,550 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [YXS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxs.md) Prince George (International) Airport · Canada · 551 km / 342 mi · Central Mountain Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 68K (2012) | #1,964 of 3,974 | #441 in North America | #50 in CA |
| Longest runway | 1,951 m / 6,400 ft | =4,176 of 29,858 | =1,081 in North America | #77 in CA |
| Elevation | 382 m / 1,253 ft | =14,366 of 43,403 | =6,221 in North America | #589 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MF | Nelson Radio, 5nm below 4300ASL | 122.500 |
| PAL | Edmonton Centre | 132.870 |
| RADIO | Nelson Radio, (E) | 122.500 |
| VDF |  | 122.500 |
| RCO | Edmonton Radio, (E) | 123.550 |
| ATIS |  | 125.650 |
| PAL | Edmonton Centre | 134.850 |
| PAL | Edmonton Centre | 290.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [CBL3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cbl3.md) Gordon Field · 11 km / 6.8 mi
- [CBH2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cbh2.md) Helmet Airport · 122 km / 76 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: “Fort Nelson Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Nelson_Airport&oldid=1363037646), revision of 7 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/cyye/data