List of international airports in Canada

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This is a list of international airports in Canada.

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As defined by Transport Canada, an international airport:

means any airport designated by the Contracting State, in whose territory it is situated, as an airport of entry and departure for international commercial air traffic, where the formalities incident to customs, immigration, public health, animal and plant quarantine and similar procedures are carried out. (ICAO Annex 9) (In Canada, this does not include airports serving only transborder air traffic with the USA)

Designation of international airports in Canada, Advisory Circular (AC) No. 302-032 [1]

As of September 2023 there are 14 airports designated as international by Transport Canada: [1]

Airport nameCommunityProvince IATA code ICAO code WMO codePassengers [2]
Calgary International Airport Calgary Alberta YYCCYYC71877
Edmonton International Airport Edmonton Alberta YEGCYEG71123
Fredericton International Airport Fredericton New Brunswick YFCCYFC7170055 (140)
Gander International Airport Gander Newfoundland and Labrador YQXCYQX71803
Halifax Stanfield International Airport Halifax Nova Scotia YHZCYHZ71395
Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport Moncton New Brunswick YQMCYQM71705300 [3]
Montréal–Trudeau International Airport Montreal Quebec YULCYUL71627
Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport Ottawa Ontario YOWCYOW71628165 (450)
Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City Quebec YQBCYQB71708
St. John's International Airport St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador YYTCYYT71801165 (450)
Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto Ontario YYZCYYZ71624
Vancouver International Airport Vancouver British Columbia YVRCYVR71892
Victoria International Airport Victoria British Columbia YYJCYYJ71799
Winnipeg International Airport Winnipeg Manitoba YWGCYWG71852

Airports of entry

The following airports are listed in the Canada Flight Supplement, or Water Aerodrome Supplement, published by Nav Canada as an airport of entry—but are not classified as international airports. [1] All these airports, with the exception of military airports, have a Canada Border Services Agency person available but they may not be available 24 hours a day and may only be open part of the week.

Airport nameCommunityProvincePassengers [4]
Abbotsford International Airport Abbotsford British Columbia 15
Atlin Airport Atlin British Columbia 15
Atlin Water Aerodrome Atlin British Columbia 15
Baie-Comeau Water Aerodrome Baie-Comeau Quebec 15
Beaver Creek Airport Beaver Creek Yukon 15 [5]
Bedwell Harbour Water Aerodrome Bedwell Harbour British Columbia 15
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (Toronto Island) Toronto Ontario 15
Billy Bishop Toronto City Water Aerodrome (Toronto Harbour) Toronto Ontario 15
Boundary Bay Airport Boundary Bay British Columbia 15
Brandon Municipal Airport Brandon Manitoba 15
Brantford Airport Brantford Ontario 15
Bromont (Roland Désourdy) Airport Bromont Quebec 15
Calgary International Airport Calgary Alberta
Calgary/Springbank Airport Calgary Alberta 15
Campbell River Airport Campbell River British Columbia 15
Campbell River Water Aerodrome Campbell River British Columbia 15
Castlegar Airport ( West Kootenay Regional Airport ) Castlegar British Columbia 15
CFB Bagotville Bagotville Quebec 15
CFB Cold Lake Cold Lake Alberta [6]
CFB Comox Comox British Columbia 15
CFB Goose Bay ( Goose Bay Airport: CFB is separate ) Happy Valley – Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador 15
CFB Greenwood Greenwood Nova Scotia [7]
CFB Shearwater Dartmouth Nova Scotia
CFB Trenton Trenton Ontario [8]
Charlo Airport Charlo New Brunswick 15
Charlottetown Airport Charlottetown Prince Edward Island 60
Cornwall Regional Airport Cornwall Ontario 15
Coronach/Scobey Border Station Airport ( called "Scobey Border Station / East Poplar International Airport", Coronach isn't in its name ) Coronach Saskatchewan 15
Coutts/Ross International Airport Coutts Alberta 15
Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport Cranbrook British Columbia 15
Dawson City Airport Dawson City Yukon 30
Dawson City Water Aerodrome Dawson City Yukon 30
Dawson Creek Water Aerodrome Dawson Creek British Columbia 15
Del Bonita/Whetstone International Airport Del Bonita Alberta 15
Drummondville Water Aerodrome Drummondville Quebec 15
Drummondville Airport Drummondville Quebec 15
Dryden Regional Airport Dryden Ontario 15
Dryden Water Aerodrome Dryden Ontario 19
Dunseith/International Peace Garden Airport International Peace Garden Manitoba/North Dakota 15
Edmonton International Airport Edmonton Capital Region Alberta
Edmundston Airport Edmundston New Brunswick 15
Florenceville Airport Florenceville New Brunswick 15
Fort Frances Municipal Airport Fort Frances Ontario 15
Fort Frances Water Aerodrome Fort Frances Ontario 15
Gander International Airport Gander Newfoundland and Labrador
Goderich Airport Goderich Ontario 15
Goose (Otter Creek) Water Aerodrome Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador 15
Gore Bay-Manitoulin Airport Gore Bay Ontario 15
Grand Falls Airport ( listed as Airfield, not Airport ) Grand Falls New Brunswick 15
Grand Manan Airport Grand Manan Island New Brunswick 15
Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport Moncton New Brunswick 300 [9]
Guelph Airport Guelph Airpark, in OSM Guelph Ontario 15
Halifax Stanfield International Airport Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia
Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport Hamilton Ontario 110 (450)
Hanover Saugeen Airport Hanover Ontario 15
Îles-de-la-Madeleine Airport Magdalen Islands Quebec 15
Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport Inuvik Northwest Territories 15
Inuvik/Shell Lake Water Aerodrome Inuvik Northwest Territories 15
Iqaluit Airport Iqaluit Nunavut 15
J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport (Sydney Airport) Sydney Nova Scotia 44 (200)
Kamloops Airport Kamloops British Columbia 15
Kamloops Water Aerodrome Kamloops British Columbia 15
Kelowna International Airport Kelowna British Columbia
Kenora Airport Kenora Ontario
Kenora Water Aerodrome Kenora Ontario 15
Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport Kingston Ontario 30
Lac-à-la-Tortue Airport Lac-à-la-Tortue Quebec 15
Lac-à-la-Tortue Water Aerodrome Lac-à-la-Tortue Quebec 15
Lachute Airport Lachute Quebec 15
Lake Simcoe Regional Airport Barrie Ontario 24
Lethbridge County Airport Lethbridge Alberta 15
London International Airport London Ontario 180 (450)
Masset Water Aerodrome Masset British Columbia 15
Montréal/St-Hubert Airport Montreal Quebec 15
Montréal-Mirabel International Airport Montreal Quebec 15
Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Montreal Quebec
Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport ( this is a Canadian Forces Base ) Moose Jaw Saskatchewan [10]
Muskoka Airport Muskoka District Municipality Ontario 15
Nanaimo Airport Nanaimo British Columbia 30
Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome Nanaimo British Columbia 15
North Bay Water Aerodrome North Bay Ontario 15
North Bay/Jack Garland Airport North Bay Ontario 15
Old Crow Airport Old Crow Yukon 15
Orillia Airport Orillia Ontario 15
Orillia/Lake St John Water Aerodrome Orillia Ontario 15
Oshawa Airport Oshawa Ontario 50
Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport Ottawa Ontario 165 (450)
Owen Sound/Billy Bishop Regional Airport Owen Sound Ontario 15
Pelee Island Airport Pelee Ontario 15
Penticton Regional Airport Penticton British Columbia 30
Penticton Water Aerodrome Penticton British Columbia 15
Peterborough Airport Peterborough Ontario 15
Piney Pinecreek Border Airport Piney Manitoba 15
Port Hardy Airport Port Hardy British Columbia 15
Prince George Airport Prince George British Columbia 15
Prince Rupert Airport Prince Rupert British Columbia 15
Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Aerodrome Prince Rupert British Columbia 15
Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport Quebec City Quebec
Québec/Lac St-Augustin Water Aerodrome Quebec City Quebec 15
Rainy River Water Aerodrome Rainy River Ontario 15
Red Lake Airport Red Lake Ontario 15
Regina International Airport Regina Saskatchewan 120 (250)
Region of Waterloo International Airport Regional Municipality of Waterloo Ontario 15/180 [11]
Mont-Tremblant International Airport Mont-Tremblant Quebec 15
Rykerts Water Aerodrome Rykerts British Columbia 15
Saint John Airport Saint John New Brunswick 120
Sand Point Lake Water Aerodrome Sand Point Lake Ontario 15
Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport Sarnia Ontario 30
Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker International Airport Saskatoon Saskatchewan 200 (300)
Sault Ste. Marie Airport Sault Ste. Marie Ontario 30
Sault Ste. Marie Water Aerodrome Sault Ste. Marie Ontario 15
Sault Ste. Marie/Partridge Point Water Aerodrome Sault Ste. Marie Ontario 15
Sept-Îles Airport Sept-Îles Quebec 15
Sept-Îles/Lac Rapides Water Aerodrome Sept-Îles Quebec 15
Sherbrooke Airport Sherbrooke Quebec 30
Sioux Lookout Airport Sioux Lookout Ontario 15
St. Catharines/Niagara District Airport St. Catharines Ontario 15
St. John's International Airport St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador 165 (450)
St. Stephen Airport ( Gidden's Memorial Airport ) St. Stephen New Brunswick 15
St. Thomas Municipal Airport St. Thomas Ontario 15
Stephenville International Airport Stephenville Newfoundland and Labrador 30
Stewart Water Aerodrome Stewart British Columbia 15
St-Georges Airport Saint-Georges Quebec 15
Stratford Municipal Airport Stratford Ontario 15
Sudbury Airport Greater Sudbury Ontario 15
Thunder Bay International Airport Thunder Bay Ontario 40
Thunder Bay Water Aerodrome Thunder Bay Ontario 15
Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto Ontario
Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport closed 2023 Buttonville Ontario 15
Trois-Rivières Airport Trois-Rivières Quebec 15
Tuktoyaktuk Airport Tuktoyaktuk Northwest Territories 15
Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome Vancouver British Columbia 15
Vancouver International Airport Vancouver British Columbia
Vancouver International Water Aerodrome Vancouver British Columbia 15
Victoria Inner Harbour Airport Victoria British Columbia 15
Victoria International Airport Victoria British Columbia 120 (450)
Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome Victoria British Columbia 15
Whitehorse International Airport Whitehorse Yukon 50 (225)
Whitehorse Water Aerodrome Whitehorse Yukon 15
Wiarton Airport Wiarton Ontario X
Windsor Airport Windsor Ontario 325 (450)
Wingham/Richard W. LeVan Aerodrome Wingham Ontario 15
Winnipeg International Airport Winnipeg Manitoba
Winterland Airport Winterland Newfoundland and Labrador 15
Yarmouth Airport Yarmouth Nova Scotia 110
Yellowknife Airport Yellowknife Northwest Territories 15

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Advisory Circular (AC) No. 302-032 - Subject: Designation of International Airports in Canada". Ottawa: Transport Canada. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. This number refers to the processing capacity of the Canada Border Services Agency. Where no number is given it indicates that the airport is able to handle an aircraft of any size. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of passengers that may be handled if the aircraft is able to unload in stages. An airport with the number 15 indicates that only general aviation aircraft with 15 or fewer passengers may be handled.
  3. Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport at Canada Border Services Agency
  4. This number refers to the processing capacity of the Canada Border Services Agency. Where no number is given it indicates that the airport is able to handle an aircraft of any size. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of passengers that may be handled if the aircraft is able to unload in stages. An airport with the number 15 indicates that only general aviation aircraft with 15 or fewer passengers may be handled.
  5. Seasonal
  6. Military aircraft and personnel only
  7. Military flights only
  8. No civilian aircraft except for emergencies or MEDEVACs
  9. Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport at Canada Border Services Agency
  10. 15 Wing - Moose Jaw aircraft only
  11. 180 passengers with 2 hours prior notice

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