List of international airports in Canada explained

This is a list of international airports in Canada.

As defined by Transport Canada, an international airport:

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

Airport nameCommunityProvinceIATA codeICAO codeWMO codePassengers[2]
Calgary International AirportCalgaryAlbertaYYCCYYC71877
Edmonton International AirportEdmontonAlbertaYEGCYEG71123
Fredericton International AirportFrederictonNew BrunswickYFCCYFC7170055 (140)
Gander International AirportGanderNewfoundland and LabradorYQXCYQX71803
Halifax Stanfield International AirportHalifaxNova ScotiaYHZCYHZ71395
Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International AirportMonctonNew BrunswickYQMCYQM71705300[3]
Montréal–Trudeau International AirportMontrealQuebecYULCYUL71627
Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International AirportOttawaOntarioYOWCYOW71628165 (450)
Québec/Jean Lesage International AirportQuebec CityQuebecYQBCYQB71708
St. John's International AirportSt. John'sNewfoundland and LabradorYYTCYYT71801165 (450)
Toronto Pearson International AirportTorontoOntarioYYZCYYZ71624
Vancouver International AirportVancouverBritish ColumbiaYVRCYVR71892
Victoria International AirportVictoriaBritish ColumbiaYYJCYYJ71799
Winnipeg International AirportWinnipegManitobaYWGCYWG71852

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 AirportAbbotsfordBritish Columbia15
Atlin AirportAtlinBritish Columbia15
Atlin Water AerodromeAtlinBritish Columbia15
Baie-Comeau Water AerodromeBaie-ComeauQuebec15
Beaver Creek AirportBeaver CreekYukon15[5]
Bedwell Harbour Water AerodromeBedwell HarbourBritish Columbia15
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (Toronto Island)TorontoOntario15
Billy Bishop Toronto City Water Aerodrome (Toronto Harbour)TorontoOntario15
Boundary Bay AirportBoundary BayBritish Columbia15
Brandon Municipal AirportBrandonManitoba15
Brantford AirportBrantfordOntario15
Bromont (Roland Désourdy) AirportBromontQuebec15
Calgary International AirportCalgaryAlberta
Calgary/Springbank AirportCalgaryAlberta15
Campbell River AirportCampbell RiverBritish Columbia15
Campbell River Water AerodromeCampbell RiverBritish Columbia15
Castlegar Airport (West Kootenay Regional Airport)CastlegarBritish Columbia15
CFB BagotvilleBagotvilleQuebec15
CFB Cold LakeCold LakeAlberta[6]
CFB ComoxComoxBritish Columbia15
CFB Goose Bay (Goose Bay Airport: CFB is separate)Happy Valley – Goose BayNewfoundland and Labrador15
CFB GreenwoodGreenwoodNova Scotia[7]
CFB ShearwaterDartmouthNova Scotia
CFB TrentonTrentonOntario[8]
Charlo AirportCharloNew Brunswick15
Charlottetown AirportCharlottetownPrince Edward Island60
Cornwall Regional AirportCornwallOntario15
Coronach/Scobey Border Station Airport (called "Scobey Border Station / East Poplar International Airport", Coronach isn't in its name)CoronachSaskatchewan15
Coutts/Ross International AirportCouttsAlberta15
Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International AirportCranbrookBritish Columbia15
Dawson City AirportDawson CityYukon30
Dawson City Water AerodromeDawson CityYukon30
Dawson Creek Water AerodromeDawson CreekBritish Columbia15
Del Bonita/Whetstone International AirportDel BonitaAlberta15
Drummondville Water AerodromeDrummondvilleQuebec15
Drummondville AirportDrummondvilleQuebec15
Dryden Regional AirportDrydenOntario15
Dryden Water AerodromeDrydenOntario19
Dunseith/International Peace Garden AirportInternational Peace GardenManitoba/North Dakota15
Edmonton International AirportEdmonton Capital RegionAlberta
Edmundston AirportEdmundstonNew Brunswick15
Florenceville AirportFlorencevilleNew Brunswick15
Fort Frances Municipal AirportFort FrancesOntario15
Fort Frances Water AerodromeFort FrancesOntario15
Gander International AirportGanderNewfoundland and Labrador
Goderich AirportGoderichOntario15
Goose (Otter Creek) Water AerodromeHappy Valley-Goose BayNewfoundland and Labrador15
Gore Bay-Manitoulin AirportGore BayOntario15
Grand Falls Airport (listed as Airfield, not Airport)Grand FallsNew Brunswick15
Grand Manan AirportGrand Manan IslandNew Brunswick15
Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International AirportMonctonNew Brunswick300[9]
Guelph Airport Guelph Airpark, in OSMGuelphOntario15
Halifax Stanfield International AirportHalifax Regional MunicipalityNova Scotia
Hamilton/John C. Munro International AirportHamiltonOntario110 (450)
Hanover Saugeen AirportHanoverOntario15
Îles-de-la-Madeleine AirportMagdalen IslandsQuebec15
Inuvik (Mike Zubko) AirportInuvikNorthwest Territories15
Inuvik/Shell Lake Water AerodromeInuvikNorthwest Territories15
Iqaluit AirportIqaluitNunavut15
J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport (Sydney Airport)SydneyNova Scotia44 (200)
Kamloops AirportKamloopsBritish Columbia15
Kamloops Water AerodromeKamloopsBritish Columbia15
Kelowna International AirportKelownaBritish Columbia
Kenora AirportKenoraOntario
Kenora Water AerodromeKenoraOntario15
Kingston/Norman Rogers AirportKingstonOntario30
Lac-à-la-Tortue AirportLac-à-la-TortueQuebec15
Lac-à-la-Tortue Water AerodromeLac-à-la-TortueQuebec15
Lachute AirportLachuteQuebec15
Lake Simcoe Regional AirportBarrieOntario24
Lethbridge County AirportLethbridgeAlberta15
London International AirportLondonOntario180 (450)
Masset Water AerodromeMassetBritish Columbia15
Montréal/St-Hubert AirportMontrealQuebec15
Montréal-Mirabel International AirportMontrealQuebec15
Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportMontrealQuebec
Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport (this is a Canadian Forces Base)Moose JawSaskatchewan[10]
Muskoka AirportMuskoka District MunicipalityOntario15
Nanaimo AirportNanaimoBritish Columbia30
Nanaimo Harbour Water AerodromeNanaimoBritish Columbia15
North Bay Water AerodromeNorth BayOntario15
North Bay/Jack Garland AirportNorth BayOntario15
Old Crow AirportOld CrowYukon15
Orillia AirportOrilliaOntario15
Orillia/Lake St John Water AerodromeOrilliaOntario15
Oshawa AirportOshawaOntario50
Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International AirportOttawaOntario165 (450)
Owen Sound/Billy Bishop Regional AirportOwen SoundOntario15
Pelee Island AirportPeleeOntario15
Penticton Regional AirportPentictonBritish Columbia30
Penticton Water AerodromePentictonBritish Columbia15
Peterborough AirportPeterboroughOntario15
Piney Pinecreek Border AirportPineyManitoba15
Port Hardy AirportPort HardyBritish Columbia15
Prince George AirportPrince GeorgeBritish Columbia15
Prince Rupert AirportPrince RupertBritish Columbia15
Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water AerodromePrince RupertBritish Columbia15
Québec/Jean Lesage International AirportQuebec CityQuebec
Québec/Lac St-Augustin Water AerodromeQuebec CityQuebec15
Rainy River Water AerodromeRainy RiverOntario15
Red Lake AirportRed LakeOntario15
Regina International AirportReginaSaskatchewan120 (250)
Region of Waterloo International AirportRegional Municipality of WaterlooOntario15/180[11]
Mont-Tremblant International AirportMont-TremblantQuebec15
Rykerts Water AerodromeRykertsBritish Columbia15
Saint John AirportSaint JohnNew Brunswick120
Sand Point Lake Water AerodromeSand Point LakeOntario15
Sarnia Chris Hadfield AirportSarniaOntario30
Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker International AirportSaskatoonSaskatchewan200 (300)
Sault Ste. Marie AirportSault Ste. MarieOntario30
Sault Ste. Marie Water AerodromeSault Ste. MarieOntario15
Sault Ste. Marie/Partridge Point Water AerodromeSault Ste. MarieOntario15
Sept-Îles AirportSept-ÎlesQuebec15
Sept-Îles/Lac Rapides Water AerodromeSept-ÎlesQuebec15
Sherbrooke AirportSherbrookeQuebec30
Sioux Lookout AirportSioux LookoutOntario15
St. Catharines/Niagara District AirportSt. CatharinesOntario15
St. John's International AirportSt. John'sNewfoundland and Labrador165 (450)
St. Stephen Airport (Gidden's Memorial Airport)St. StephenNew Brunswick15
St. Thomas Municipal AirportSt. ThomasOntario15
Stephenville International AirportStephenvilleNewfoundland and Labrador30
Stewart Water AerodromeStewartBritish Columbia15
St-Georges AirportSaint-GeorgesQuebec15
Stratford Municipal AirportStratfordOntario15
Sudbury AirportGreater SudburyOntario15
Thunder Bay International AirportThunder BayOntario40
Thunder Bay Water AerodromeThunder BayOntario15
Toronto Pearson International AirportTorontoOntario
Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport closed 2023ButtonvilleOntario15
Trois-Rivières AirportTrois-RivièresQuebec15
Tuktoyaktuk AirportTuktoyaktukNorthwest Territories15
Vancouver Harbour Water AerodromeVancouverBritish Columbia15
Vancouver International AirportVancouverBritish Columbia
Vancouver International Water AerodromeVancouverBritish Columbia15
Victoria Inner Harbour AirportVictoriaBritish Columbia15
Victoria International AirportVictoriaBritish Columbia120 (450)
Victoria Airport Water AerodromeVictoriaBritish Columbia15
Whitehorse International AirportWhitehorseYukon50 (225)
Whitehorse Water AerodromeWhitehorseYukon15
Wiarton AirportWiartonOntarioX
Windsor AirportWindsorOntario325 (450)
Wingham/Richard W. LeVan AerodromeWinghamOntario15
Winnipeg International AirportWinnipegManitoba
Winterland AirportWinterlandNewfoundland and Labrador15
Yarmouth AirportYarmouthNova Scotia110
Yellowknife AirportYellowknifeNorthwest Territories15

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Advisory Circular (AC) No. 302-032 - Subject: Designation of International Airports in Canada. Transport Canada. 2023-09-04. 2023-08-11. Ottawa.
  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. https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/offices-bureaux/114-eng.html Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport
  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. https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/offices-bureaux/114-eng.html Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport
  10. 15 Wing - Moose Jaw aircraft only
  11. 180 passengers with 2 hours prior notice