In Canada, the National Airports System (, NAS) is a group of major airports defined in the National Airports Policy published in 1994. It was intended to include all airports with an annual traffic of 200,000 passengers or more, as well as airports serving the national, provincial and territorial capitals.
All airports in the NAS, with the exception of the three territorial capitals, are owned by Transport Canada and leased to the local authorities operating them. The three territorial airports are owned and, with the exception of Iqaluit Airport, are operated by their respective territorial governments. Iqaluit is operated by Nunavut Airport Services Limited (NASL), a subsidiary of WASCO (Winnipeg Airport Services Corporation), which in turn is a subsidiary of Winnipeg Airports Authority.
NAS airports The following list contains the 26 NAS airports effective 13 May 2024, the location, operator, and their passenger numbers for 2023 (except where noted):
Province/territoryAirportCityIATA CodeOperatorPassengers (2023) Alberta Calgary International Calgary YYC Calgary Airport Authority 18,490,283 Edmonton International Edmonton YEG Edmonton Regional Airports Authority 7,499,163 British Columbia Kelowna International Kelowna YLW City of Kelowna 2,032,624 Prince George Prince George YXS Prince George Airport Authority 417,848 Vancouver International Vancouver YVR Vancouver International Airport Authority 24,938,184 Victoria International Victoria YYJ Victoria Airport Authority 1,740,107 Manitoba Winnipeg International Winnipeg YWG Winnipeg Airports Authority 4,094,793 New Brunswick Fredericton International Fredericton YFC Fredericton International Airport Authority 333,813 Greater Moncton International Greater Moncton YQM Greater Moncton International Airport Authority 600,121 Saint John Saint John YSJ Saint John Airport Inc 175,100 Newfoundland and Labrador Gander International Gander YQX Gander International Airport Authority 109,678 St. John's International St. John's YYT St. John's International Airport Authority 1,260,000 Northwest Territories Yellowknife Yellowknife YZF Government of the Northwest Territories 392,130 (2015) Nova Scotia Halifax International Halifax YHZ Halifax International Airport Authority 3,579,293 Nunavut Iqaluit Iqaluit YFB Nunavut Airport Services Limited 156,633 (2015) Ontario London International London YXU Greater London International Airports Authority 332,447 Ottawa International Ottawa YOW Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority 4,095,914 Thunder Bay International Thunder Bay YQT Thunder Bay International Airports 714,070 Toronto International Toronto YYZ Greater Toronto Airports Authority 44,800,000 Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Charlottetown YYG Charlottetown Airport Authority 402,686 Quebec Montréal–Trudeau International Montreal YUL Aéroports de Montréal 21,173,941 Montréal–Mirabel International Montreal YMX Aéroports de Montréal 0 Québec City International Quebec City YQB Aéroport de Québec 1,688,736 Saskatchewan Regina International Regina YQR Regina Airport Authority 981,845 Saskatoon International Saskatoon YXE Saskatoon Airport Authority 1,277,863 Yukon Whitehorse International Whitehorse YXY Government of Yukon 286,407 (2015)
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