# Cape Cod Gateway Airport (HYA / KHYA)

**Cape Cod Gateway Airport** (IATA: HYA, ICAO: KHYA) is a medium airport in Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in Feb 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,425 ft (1,654 m). In 2025 it handled 68 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HYA / KHYA
- FAA: HYA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States
- Opened: Feb 1940
- Elevation: 54 ft / 17 m
- Coordinates: 41.6693, -70.2804
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,425 ft / 1,654 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches
- Passengers: 67,655 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.town.barnstable.ma.us/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_Gateway_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2788470
- Weather station: KHYA
- Ident: KHYA

## Timeline

- Feb 1940: Cape Cod Gateway Airport opens.
- 17 Jun 1979: Air New England Flight 248. 1 killed.
- 1981: Renamed Barnstable Municipal Airport.
- 26 Aug 2003: Colgan Air Flight 9446. 2 killed.
- 1 Jan 2021: Renamed Cape Cod Gateway Airport.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 5,425 ft / 1,654 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |
| 15/33 | 5,255 ft / 1,602 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00675AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 133,171 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 61,960 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 40,416 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 47,320 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 49,855 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 19,636 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 39,507 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 31,309 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 35,174 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 52,617 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 67,655 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

8 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [MVY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmvy.md) Martha's Vineyard Airport · United States · 25 mi / 41 km · Cape Air
- [ACK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kack.md) Nantucket Memorial Airport · United States · 31 mi / 50 km · Cape Air
- [BOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbos.md) Boston Logan International Airport · United States · 61 mi / 98 km · Cape Air

### Seasonal (5)

- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 195 mi / 314 km · Cape Air, JetBlue Airways
- [LGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klga.md) LaGuardia Airport · United States · 196 mi / 316 km · American Eagle
- [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · United States · 288 mi / 463 km · American Eagle
- [DCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdca.md) Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · United States · 406 mi / 653 km · American Eagle
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 906 mi / 1,458 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (2)

- 9K [Cape Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cape-air) · 4
- 9K [Nantucket Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nantucket-airlines)

### Passenger (2)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 4 · seasonal
- B6 [JetBlue Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetblue-airways) · 1 · seasonal

Former hub of [Island Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/island-airlines).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 68K (2025) | #1,962 of 3,974 | #439 in North America | #297 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,425 ft / 1,654 m | =5,566 of 29,858 | =1,794 in North America | =1,440 in US |
| Elevation | 54 ft / 17 m | =39,021 of 43,403 | =17,705 in North America | =14,644 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | CAPE APP/DEP | 118.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 123.800 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 125.150 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | BRIDGEPORT RDO | 126.425 |
| TWR | HYANNIS TWR | 119.500 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [ACK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kack.md) Nantucket Memorial Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [EWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewb.md) New Bedford Regional Airport · 35 mi / 56 km
- [NPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kuuu.md) Newport State Airport · 53 mi / 85 km
- [OWD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kowd.md) Norwood Memorial Airport · 58 mi / 94 km
- [NCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koqu.md) Quonset State Airport · 59 mi / 94 km
- [PVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpvd.md) Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport · 59 mi / 95 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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: “Cape Cod Gateway Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cape_Cod_Gateway_Airport&oldid=1374920905), 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/khya/data
