YQX — Gander International Airport
Medium-sized airport in Gander, Canada.
- IATA code
- YQX
- ICAO code
- CYQX
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 111,882
- 2025 · +20.5% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 5
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−3:30 / UTC−2:30
- America/St_Johns
- Elevation
- 151 m
- 495 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,109 m
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About YQX
Gander International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Gander, Canada. It opened in 1938. 111,882 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 5 nonstop routes from YQX.
Wikidata (CC0) · Statistics Canada. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from YQX
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| YQX → EWR | 1,793 km | 842 |
| YQX → ORD | 2,695 km | 541 |
| YQX → CLT | 2,640 km | 386 |
| YQX → LAX | 5,417 km | 259 |
| YQX → JFK | 1,771 km | 134 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| YYT | St. John's International Airport | 199 km |
| YDF | Deer Lake Airport | 208 km |
| MQC | Miquelon Airport | 245 km |
| FSP | Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche Airport | 270 km |
| YAY | St. Anthony Airport | 294 km |
Distance from YQX to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,109 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
| 13/31 | 2,713 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · 48.9363, -54.5677
Questions
Gander International Airport has the IATA code YQX and the ICAO code CYQX. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
YQX is a medium-sized airport in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, at 48.9363, -54.5677, 151 m above sea level.
YQX is in the America/St_Johns time zone, UTC−3:30 / UTC−2:30 (winter / summer).
111,882 passengers in 2025, according to Statistics Canada.
Gander International Airport opened in 1938.
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