# Charlottetown Airport (YYG / CYYG) **Charlottetown Airport** (IATA: YYG, ICAO: CYYG) is a medium airport in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It opened in 1938. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,134 m (7,002 ft). It is operated by Transport Canada. In 2024 it handled 411 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyg ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: YYG / CYYG - Type: Medium airport - Operator: Transport Canada - Serves: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada - Opened: 1938 - Elevation: 49 m / 160 ft - Coordinates: 46.2889, -63.1252 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 2,134 m / 7,002 ft - Passengers: 410,773 (2024) - Time zone: UTC-4/-3 · America/Halifax - Website: https://flyyyg.com/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlottetown_Airport (11 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431086 - Weather station: CYYG · WMO 71706 - Ident: CYYG ## Timeline - 1938: Charlottetown Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 03/21 | 2,134 m / 7,002 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 009° / 189° | yes | | 10/28 | 2,134 m / 7,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 079° / 259° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2013 | 296,301 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 317,827 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 316,628 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 354,234 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 370,688 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 370,730 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 383,183 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 71,480 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 111,160 | Wikidata | | 2022 | 341,649 | Wikidata | | 2023 | 402,686 | Wikidata | | 2024 | 410,773 | Wikidata | ## Routes 7 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (2) - [YOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyow.md) Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Canada · 977 km / 607 mi · Porter Airlines - [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 1,328 km / 825 mi · Air Canada Rouge ### Seasonal (6) - [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 826 km / 513 mi · Air Canada, Air Canada Express - [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 1,328 km / 825 mi · Porter Airlines, Flair Airlines - [PUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdpc.md) Punta Cana International Airport · Dominican Republic · 3,120 km / 1,939 mi · Air Transat - [CUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmun.md) Cancún International Airport · Mexico · 3,536 km / 2,197 mi · Air Transat - [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 3,624 km / 2,252 mi · WestJet - [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 3,697 km / 2,297 mi · WestJet ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YYG, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (7) - TS [Air Transat](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-transat) · 2 · seasonal - PD [Porter Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/porter-airlines) · 2 - WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 2 · seasonal - AC [Air Canada](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada) · 1 · seasonal - [Air Canada Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-express) · 1 · seasonal - RV [Air Canada Rouge](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-rouge) · 1 - F8 [Flair Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flair-airlines) · 1 · seasonal ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 411K (2024) | #1,198 of 3,974 | #277 in North America | #22 in CA | | Longest runway | 2,134 m / 7,002 ft | =3,467 of 29,858 | =814 in North America | #55 in CA | | Elevation | 49 m / 160 ft | =35,011 of 43,403 | =15,936 in North America | =1,247 in CA | | Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =246 in North America | =13 in CA | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/G | MF | 118.000 | | CNTR | MONCTON CNTR | 135.650 | | RDO | RDO | 118.000 | ## Nearby airports - [CCA3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cca3.md) Cable Head Airpark · 44 km / 28 mi - [CFH4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cfh4.md) Fox Harbour Airport · 53 km / 33 mi - [YSU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cysu.md) Summerside Airport · 57 km / 35 mi - [CYTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cytn.md) Trenton Airport · 85 km / 53 mi - [CCZ5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccz5.md) Thorburn Airport · 91 km / 56 mi - [CRM4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/crm4.md) Cormier Airport · 97 km / 60 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: “Charlottetown Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlottetown_Airport&oldid=1376347964), revision of 23 Sep 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/cyyg/data