- IATA
- YYC
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- CYYC
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1939
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 18.5M
- in 2024
History & name
Calgary International Airport opened in 1939 and takes its name from Calgary and from the Canadian air ace Frederick McCall. Operated by Transport Canada, it sits 9 km from Calgary at 3,557 feet, has 3 runways up to 4,267 m and handled 18.5 million passengers in 2024.
Named afterFrederick McCall — Canadian air ace
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Calgary International Airport
- Serves
- Calgary, Canada
- City centre
- 9 km from Calgary
- Opened
- 1939
- Operator
- Transport Canada
- Passengers
- 18.5 million in 2024
- Runways
- 3 runways, longest 4,267 m
- Elevation
- 3,557 ft (1,084 m)
- Website
- calgaryairport.com ↗
Where it sits
51.1°N, 114.0°W puts YYC in the northern hemisphere, 5,684 km from the equator and 4,323 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 59th most northerly, which makes it the 603rd most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 51.1°S, 66.0°E. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Roland Garros (RUN) in Réunion, still 3,483 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Edmonton (YEG), 245 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from YYC
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | YVR | 687 km | 1h 21m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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