# Victoria International Airport (YYJ / CYYJ)

**Victoria International Airport** (IATA: YYJ, ICAO: CYYJ) is a large airport in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1914. It has 3 runways; the longest is 2,134 m (7,000 ft). It is operated by Transport Canada. In 2025 it handled 2.0 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YYJ / CYYJ
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Transport Canada
- Serves: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Opened: 1914
- Elevation: 19 m / 63 ft
- Coordinates: 48.6472, -123.4278
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 2,134 m / 7,000 ft
- Passengers: 1,986,057 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Website: https://yyj.ca/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_International_Airport (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130193
- Weather station: CYYJ · WMO 71799
- Ident: CYYJ

## Timeline

- 1914: Victoria International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,134 m / 7,000 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 105° / 285° | yes |
| 03/21 | 1,532 m / 5,027 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 044° / 224° | yes |
| 14/32 | 1,524 m / 5,001 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 152° / 332° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,650,904 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,710,825 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,856,421 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,934,842 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,048,627 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,924,385 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 574,874 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 673,748 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,490,039 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 1,742,350 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 1,872,033 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 1,986,057 | Wikidata |

## Routes

14 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (9)

- [FRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfhr.md) Friday Harbor Airport · United States · 33 km / 21 mi · Kenmore Air
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 63 km / 39 mi · WestJet Encore, Air North, Air Canada Express
- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 157 km / 98 mi · Alaska Airlines
- [YLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cylw.md) Kelowna International Airport · Canada · 328 km / 204 mi · WestJet Encore
- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 728 km / 452 mi · WestJet, WestJet Encore
- [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 861 km / 535 mi · WestJet, WestJet Encore
- [YXY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxy.md) Whitehorse / Erik Nielsen International Airport · Canada · 1,531 km / 951 mi · Air North
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 3,371 km / 2,095 mi · Porter Airlines, Air Canada
- [YOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyow.md) Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Canada · 3,582 km / 2,226 mi · Porter Airlines

### Seasonal (8)

- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 63 km / 39 mi · Harbour Air
- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 728 km / 452 mi · Flair Airlines
- [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 861 km / 535 mi · Flair Airlines
- [YWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywg.md) Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · Canada · 1,895 km / 1,177 mi · WestJet
- [SJD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmsd.md) Los Cabos International Airport · Mexico · 3,081 km / 1,914 mi · WestJet
- [PVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmpr.md) Puerto Vallarta International Airport · Mexico · 3,506 km / 2,179 mi · WestJet
- [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 3,713 km / 2,307 mi · Air Canada
- [CUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmun.md) Cancún International Airport · Mexico · 4,460 km / 2,771 mi · WestJet

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (10)

- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 6
- WR [WestJet Encore](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet-encore) · 4
- AC [Air Canada](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada) · 2
- 4N [Air North](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-north) · 2
- F8 [Flair Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flair-airlines) · 2 · seasonal
- PD [Porter Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/porter-airlines) · 2
- [Air Canada Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-express) · 1
- AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 1
- YB [Harbour Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/harbour-air) · 1 · seasonal
- M5 [Kenmore Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenmore-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.0M (2025) | #572 of 3,974 | #136 in North America | #10 in CA |
| Longest runway | 2,134 m / 7,000 ft | =3,488 of 29,858 | =832 in North America | =56 in CA |
| Elevation | 19 m / 63 ft | =38,559 of 43,403 | =17,502 in North America | #1,348 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1914 | =81 of 15,079 | =11 in North America | #1 in CA |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =4 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TML | Victoria Terminal | 127.800 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.800 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 126.400 |
| MF | Kamloops Radio, 08-14Z, 7nm below 2500ASL | 119.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| PVT ADV | ESSO | 122.950 |
| MIL | Stinger ops, 443 Squadron | 349.300 |
| TWR | Victoria Tower (outer unless closed by ATIS) | 119.100 |
| PVT ADV | Shell | 122.850 |
| TWR | Victoria Tower (inner) | 119.700 |
| ARR | Victoria Arrivals | 125.950 |
| DEP | Victoria Departures | 133.850 |
| RCO | Kamloops Radio (RAAS), 08-14Z | 119.700 |
| RCO | Pacific Radio (FISE) | 122.375 |

## Nearby airports

- [FRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfhr.md) Friday Harbor Airport · 33 km / 20 mi
- [ESD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kors.md) Orcas Island Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [YCD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cycd.md) Nanaimo Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [YDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/czbb.md) Boundary Bay Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [CLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclm.md) William R Fairchild International Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · 63 km / 39 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #43

## 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: “Victoria International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria_International_Airport&oldid=1374803968), revision of 14 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/cyyj/data