# St. John's International Airport (YYT / CYYT) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyt ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: YYT / CYYT - Type: Large airport - Operator: Transport Canada - Serves: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - Opened: 15 Dec 1941 - Elevation: 141 m / 461 ft - Coordinates: 47.6186, -52.7519 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 2,591 m / 8,502 ft - Passengers: 1,260,000 (2023) - Time zone: UTC-3:30/-2:30 · America/St_Johns - Website: https://stjohnsairport.com/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_International_Airport (24 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1516699 - Weather station: CYYT · WMO 71801 - Ident: CYYT ## Timeline - 15 Dec 1941: St. John's International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 10/28 | 2,591 m / 8,502 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 086° / 266° | yes | | 16/34 | 2,135 m / 7,005 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 142° / 322° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2012 | 1,448,309 | Wikidata | | 2013 | 1,489,128 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 1,580,000 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 1,500,000 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 1,600,000 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 1,507,720 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 1,483,650 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 1,437,381 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 368,237 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 456,300 | Wikidata | | 2022 | 1,099,392 | Wikidata | | 2023 | 1,260,000 | Wikidata | ## Routes 23 destinations in 9 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (13) - [YQX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqx.md) Gander International Airport · Canada · 199 km / 124 mi · PAL Airlines - [FSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfvp.md) Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche Airport · St. Pierre & Miquelon · 276 km / 171 mi · Air Saint-Pierre - [YDF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cydf.md) Deer Lake Airport · Canada · 386 km / 240 mi · PAL Airlines - [YAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyay.md) St. Anthony Airport · Canada · 484 km / 301 mi · PAL Airlines - [YYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyr.md) Goose Bay Airport · Canada · 834 km / 518 mi · PAL Airlines - [YHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhz.md) Halifax / Stanfield International Airport · Canada · 880 km / 547 mi · Porter Airlines - [ZUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/czum.md) Churchill Falls Airport · Canada · 1,037 km / 644 mi · PAL Airlines - [YWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywk.md) Wabush Airport · Canada · 1,161 km / 721 mi · PAL Airlines - [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 1,618 km / 1,005 mi · Air Canada - [YOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyow.md) Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Canada · 1,767 km / 1,098 mi · Porter Airlines - [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 2,123 km / 1,319 mi · Porter Airlines, Air Canada - [YHM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhm.md) John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport · Canada · 2,167 km / 1,347 mi · Porter Airlines - [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 4,323 km / 2,686 mi · WestJet ### Seasonal (11) - [YHU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhu.md) Montréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan Airport · Canada · 1,592 km / 989 mi · Porter Airlines - [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 2,123 km / 1,319 mi · WestJet, Flair Airlines - [YWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywg.md) Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · Canada · 3,222 km / 2,002 mi · WestJet - [DUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eidw.md) Dublin Airport · Ireland · 3,288 km / 2,043 mi · WestJet - [TPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktpa.md) Tampa International Airport · United States · 3,372 km / 2,095 mi · WestJet - [PUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdpc.md) Punta Cana International Airport · Dominican Republic · 3,527 km / 2,192 mi · WestJet - [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 3,743 km / 2,326 mi · WestJet - [MBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mkjs.md) Sangster International Airport · Jamaica · 3,960 km / 2,461 mi · WestJet - [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 4,001 km / 2,486 mi · WestJet - [YEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyeg.md) Edmonton International Airport · Canada · 4,219 km / 2,622 mi · WestJet - [CUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmun.md) Cancún International Airport · Mexico · 4,246 km / 2,638 mi · WestJet ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YYT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (1) - PB [PAL Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pal-airlines) · 6 ### Passenger (5) - WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 11 - PD [Porter Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/porter-airlines) · 5 - AC [Air Canada](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada) · 2 - PJ [Air Saint-Pierre](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-saint-pierre) · 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 | 1.3M (2023) | #739 of 3,974 | #181 in North America | #14 in CA | | Longest runway | 2,591 m / 8,502 ft | =2,144 of 29,858 | =464 in North America | =32 in CA | | Elevation | 141 m / 461 ft | =27,822 of 43,403 | =13,215 in North America | #1,108 in CA | | Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =737 in North America | =26 in CA | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | ATIS | ATIS | 128.000 | | CNTR | GANDER CNTR | 133.150 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | RCO | HALIFAX RDO | 123.275 | | TWR | TWR | 120.600 | | FBO | Shell | 123.000 | ## Nearby airports - [CCV4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccv4.md) Bell Island Airport · 17 km / 11 mi - [CHG2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/chg2.md) Harbour Grace Airport · 38 km / 24 mi - [CCZ3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ccz3.md) Clarenville Airport · 114 km / 71 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: “St. John's International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._John's_International_Airport&oldid=1371643548), revision of 27 Aug 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/cyyt/data