YZF

Yellowknife International Airport

ICAO CYZF62.4628°N 114.4400°W206 m / 675 ftMedium airport
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Yellowknife International Airport (IATA: YZF, ICAO: CYZF) is a medium airport in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It opened in 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,286 m (7,500 ft). In 2024 it handled 493 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1944–1944
1944
OpenedYellowknife International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Yellowknife Airport Terminal
16/34176° / 356° · LIT
LENGTH2,286 m7,500 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
10/28116° / 294° · LIT
LENGTH1,524 m5,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024
356K
359K
394K
439K
434K
452K
493K
217K
163K
345K
412K
493K
131415161718192021222324

Routes

26 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miYFJ · Wekweètì Airport · 193 km / 120 miYSG · Lutselk'e Airport · 193 km / 120 miYHY · Hay River / Merlyn Carter Airport · 194 km / 121 miYRA · Rae Lakes Airport · 233 km / 145 miYSM · Fort Smith Airport · 302 km / 188 miYFS · Fort Simpson Airport · 362 km / 225 miYPY · Fort Chipewyan Airport · 449 km / 279 miYCO · Kugluktuk Airport · 596 km / 370 miYVQ · Norman Wells Airport · 680 km / 423 miYCB · Cambridge Bay Airport · 850 km / 528 miYHI · Ulukhaktok Holman Airport · 934 km / 580 miYEG · Edmonton International Airport · 1,019 km / 633 miYEV · Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport · 1,088 km / 676 miYHK · Gjoa Haven Airport · 1,089 km / 677 miYXY · Whitehorse / Erik Nielsen International Airport · 1,104 km / 686 miYRT · Rankin Inlet Airport · 1,136 km / 706 miYYH · Taloyoak Airport · 1,218 km / 757 miYYC · Calgary International Airport · 1,262 km / 784 miYBB · Kugaaruk Airport · 1,308 km / 813 miYVR · Vancouver International Airport · 1,570 km / 976 miYFB · Iqaluit Airport · 2,262 km / 1,406 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 3,060 km / 1,901 miYOW · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · 3,100 km / 1,926 miYWJ · Déline Airport · 536 km / 333 miZFN · Tulita Airport · 611 km / 380 miYGH · Fort Good Hope Airport · 800 km / 497 miYOWYYZYFBYVRYBBYYCYRTYXYYEVYEGYHIYCBYGHZFNYCOYPYYFSYRAYFJYSGYYHYHKYSMYHYYVQYWJYZF
Year-round23
YFJWekweètì AirportCanada · Air Tindi193 km120 miYSGLutselk'e AirportCanada · Air Tindi193 km120 miYHYHay River / Merlyn Carter AirportCanada · Canadian North, Air Tindi194 km121 miYRARae Lakes AirportCanada · Air Tindi233 km145 miYSMFort Smith AirportCanada · Air Tindi302 km188 miYFSFort Simpson AirportCanada · Canadian North, Air Tindi362 km225 miYPYFort Chipewyan AirportCanada · Air Tindi449 km279 miYCOKugluktuk AirportCanada · Canadian North596 km370 miYVQNorman Wells AirportCanada · Canadian North680 km423 miYCBCambridge Bay AirportCanada · Canadian North850 km528 miYHIUlukhaktok Holman AirportCanada · Canadian North934 km580 miYEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · Canadian North, WestJet Encore, Air Canada +31,019 km633 miYEVInuvik Mike Zubko AirportCanada · Canadian North1,088 km676 miYHKGjoa Haven AirportCanada · Canadian North1,089 km677 miYXYWhitehorse / Erik Nielsen International AirportCanada · Air North1,104 km686 miYRTRankin Inlet AirportCanada · Canadian North1,136 km706 miYYHTaloyoak AirportCanada · Canadian North1,218 km757 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet, WestJet Encore1,262 km784 miYBBKugaaruk AirportCanada · Canadian North1,308 km813 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada Express1,570 km976 miYFBIqaluit AirportCanada · Canadian North2,262 km1,406 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air North3,060 km1,901 miYOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · Canadian North3,100 km1,926 mi
Most destinationsCanadian North 14Air Tindi 8Buffalo Airways 8Air North 5WestJet Encore 2Air Canada Express 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YZF. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Yellowknife Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers493K (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,118of 3,974 · #263 North America · #21 CALongest runway2,286 m7,500 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,114of 29,823 · =673 North America · =46 CAElevation206 m675 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=23,864of 43,341 · =11,412 North America · =989 CAAgeOpened 19442026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,300of 15,079 · =1,299 North America · #38 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
A/GMF118.500
ATISATIS128.400
CNTREDMONTON CNTR135.800
FSSRDO122.500
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR118.500