# Churchill Airport (YYQ / CYYQ)

**Churchill Airport** (IATA: YYQ, ICAO: CYYQ) is a medium airport in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,804 m (9,200 ft). It is operated by Transport Canada. In 2021 it handled 12 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YYQ / CYYQ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Transport Canada
- Serves: Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
- Elevation: 29 m / 94 ft
- Coordinates: 58.7392, -94.0650
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,804 m / 9,200 ft
- Passengers: 12,391 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Winnipeg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875820
- Weather station: CYYQ · WMO 71618
- Ident: CYYQ

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,804 m / 9,200 ft | 49 m / 160 ft | Asphalt | 153° / 333° | yes |
| 07/25 | 1,219 m / 4,000 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Gravel | 072° / 252° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 22,974 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 12,391 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [YWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywg.md) Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · Canada · 1,003 km / 623 mi · Calm Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- MO [Calm Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/calm-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 12K (2021) | #2,607 of 3,974 | #629 in North America | #71 in CA |
| Longest runway | 2,804 m / 9,200 ft | =1,603 of 29,858 | #346 in North America | #25 in CA |
| Elevation | 29 m / 94 ft | =37,171 of 43,403 | =16,857 in North America | =1,306 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | MF CHURCHILL RDO | 122.200 |
| CNTR | WINNIPEG CNTR | 134.600 |
| FSS | RDO | 122.200 |
| INFO | INTL AIR | 126.900 |
| RCO | ARCTIC RDO | 126.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [CA-0738](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0738.md) Nester One Airstrip · 51 km / 32 mi
- [CA-0737](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca-0737.md) Seal River Airstrip · 62 km / 39 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: “Churchill Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Churchill_Airport&oldid=1363027921), 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/cyyq/data