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St. John's International Airport

ICAO CYYT47.6186°N 52.7519°W141 m / 461 ftLarge airport
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St. John's International Airport (IATA: YYT, ICAO: CYYT) is a large airport in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It opened on 15 Dec 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,591 m (8,502 ft). It is operated by Transport Canada. In 2023 it handled 1.3 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1941–1941
15 DEC 1941
OpenedSt. John's International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Cougar Search and RescueSt. John's International AirportIrving Aviation FBO
10/28086° / 266° · LIT
LENGTH2,591 m8,502 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt
16/34142° / 322° · LIT
LENGTH2,135 m7,005 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2012–2023
1.4M
1.5M
1.6M
1.5M
1.6M
1.5M
1.5M
1.4M
368K
456K
1.1M
1.3M
121314151617181920212223

Routes

23 destinations · 9 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miYQX · Gander International Airport · 199 km / 124 miFSP · Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche Airport · 276 km / 171 miYDF · Deer Lake Airport · 386 km / 240 miYAY · St. Anthony Airport · 484 km / 301 miYYR · Goose Bay Airport · 834 km / 518 miYHZ · Halifax / Stanfield International Airport · 880 km / 547 miZUM · Churchill Falls Airport · 1,037 km / 644 miYWK · Wabush Airport · 1,161 km / 721 miYUL · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · 1,618 km / 1,005 miYOW · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · 1,767 km / 1,098 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 2,123 km / 1,319 miYHM · John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport · 2,167 km / 1,347 miYYC · Calgary International Airport · 4,323 km / 2,686 miYHU · Montréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan Airport · 1,592 km / 989 miYWG · Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · 3,222 km / 2,002 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 3,288 km / 2,043 miTPA · Tampa International Airport · 3,372 km / 2,095 miPUJ · Punta Cana International Airport · 3,527 km / 2,192 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 3,743 km / 2,326 miMBJ · Sangster International Airport · 3,960 km / 2,461 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 4,001 km / 2,486 miYEG · Edmonton International Airport · 4,219 km / 2,622 miCUN · Cancún International Airport · 4,246 km / 2,638 miYYCCUNCDGMBJPUJTPADUBYWGYHMYOWYWKYHZYYRYAYYDFFSPYEGLGWZUMYQXYULYYZYYT
Year-round13
YQXGander International AirportCanada · PAL Airlines199 km124 miFSPSaint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche AirportSt. Pierre & Miquelon · Air Saint-Pierre276 km171 miYDFDeer Lake AirportCanada · PAL Airlines386 km240 miYAYSt. Anthony AirportCanada · PAL Airlines484 km301 miYYRGoose Bay AirportCanada · PAL Airlines834 km518 miYHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines880 km547 miZUMChurchill Falls AirportCanada · PAL Airlines1,037 km644 miYWKWabush AirportCanada · PAL Airlines1,161 km721 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada1,618 km1,005 miYOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines1,767 km1,098 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines, Air Canada2,123 km1,319 miYHMJohn C. Munro Hamilton International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines2,167 km1,347 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet4,323 km2,686 mi
Seasonal11
YHUMontréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan AirportCanada · Porter Airlines1,592 km989 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Flair Airlines2,123 km1,319 miYWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · WestJet3,222 km2,002 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · WestJet3,288 km2,043 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · WestJet3,372 km2,095 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · WestJet3,527 km2,192 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · WestJet3,743 km2,326 miMBJSangster International AirportJamaica · WestJet3,960 km2,461 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · WestJet4,001 km2,486 miYEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · WestJet4,219 km2,622 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · WestJet4,246 km2,638 mi
Most destinationsWestJet 11PAL Airlines 6Porter Airlines 5Air Canada 2Air Saint-Pierre 1Flair Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YYT. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “St. John's International Airport” (revision of 27 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.3M (2023)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#739of 3,974 · #181 North America · #14 CALongest runway2,591 m8,502 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,143of 29,823 · =464 North America · =32 CAElevation141 m461 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=27,792of 43,341 · =13,212 North America · #1,108 CAAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =737 North America · =26 CARunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =43 CA
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
ATISATIS128.000
CNTRGANDER CNTR133.150
GNDGND121.900
RCOHALIFAX RDO123.275
TWRTWR120.600
FBOShell123.000