YQY — Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport
Medium-sized airport in Sydney, Canada.
- IATA code
- YQY
- ICAO code
- CYQY
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 103,970
- 2025 · +10.8% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- —
- No open route data
- Time zone
- UTC−4 / UTC−3
- America/Glace_Bay
- Elevation
- 62 m
- 203 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 2,155 m
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About YQY
Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Sydney, Canada. 103,970 passengers used it in 2025.
Statistics Canada. Sources
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| YGR | Îles-de-la-Madeleine Airport | 193 km |
| YYG | Charlottetown Airport | 237 km |
| MQC | Miquelon Airport | 299 km |
| FSP | Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche Airport | 304 km |
| YHZ | Halifax / Stanfield International Airport | 305 km |
Distance from YQY to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,155 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
| 18/36 | 1,828 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada · 46.1611, -60.0498
Questions
Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport has the IATA code YQY and the ICAO code CYQY. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
YQY is a medium-sized airport in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, at 46.1611, -60.0498, 62 m above sea level.
YQY is in the America/Glace_Bay time zone, UTC−4 / UTC−3 (winter / summer).
103,970 passengers in 2025, according to Statistics Canada.
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