Where is YYJ airport?

YYJ is a large airport in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, at 48.6472, -123.4278, 19 m above sea level.

What time zone is YYJ in?

YYJ is in the America/Vancouver time zone, UTC−8 / UTC−7 (winter / summer).

How many passengers use YYJ?

1,931,201 passengers in 2025, according to Statistics Canada.

Victoria International Airport opened in 1914.

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YYJ — Victoria International Airport

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Large airport in Victoria, Canada.

IATA code: YYJ
ICAO code: CYYJ
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 1,931,201; 2025 · +5.7% on the year before
Nonstop routes: 1; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−8 / UTC−7; America/Vancouver
Elevation: 19 m; 62 ft
Runways: 3; Longest 2,134 m

Local time now: —

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About YYJ

Victoria International Airport is a large airport serving Victoria, Canada. It opened in 1914 and is run by Transport Canada. 1,931,201 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 1 nonstop route from YYJ.

Wikidata (CC0) · Statistics Canada. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from YYJ

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
YYJ → SEA	Seattle, United States	157 km	131,506

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.

Airlines at YYJ on flights to and from the US

QX Horizon Air · 1,246 flights
OO SkyWest Airlines · 922 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Airports within 150 km

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
SSW	Stuart Island Airpark	Friday Harbor, United States	19 km
RCE	Roche Harbor Airport	Roche Harbor, United States	22 km
WDN	Waldron Airstrip	Eastsound, United States	31 km
FRD	Friday Harbor Airport	Friday Harbor, United States	33 km
ESD	Orcas Island Airport	Eastsound, United States	39 km
LPS	Lopez Island Airport	Lopez, United States	40 km
BYW	Blakely Island Airport	Blakely Island, United States	45 km
CWS	Center Island Airport	Center Island, United States	47 km
DTR	Decatur Shores Airport	Decatur, United States	48 km
YCD	Nanaimo Airport	Nanaimo, Canada	56 km
OTS	Anacortes Airport	Anacortes, United States	59 km
YVR	Vancouver International Airport	Vancouver, Canada	63 km

Distance from YYJ to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
YYJ → LHR	London, United Kingdom	7,662 km	—
YYJ → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	11,819 km	—
YYJ → CDG	Paris, France	8,010 km	—
YYJ → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	8,149 km	—
YYJ → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	9,675 km	—
YYJ → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	7,792 km	—
YYJ → JFK	New York, United States	3,964 km	—
YYJ → ATL	Atlanta, United States	3,621 km	—
YYJ → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	1,685 km	—
YYJ → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	12,843 km	—
YYJ → HND	Tokyo, Japan	7,591 km	—
YYJ → DOH	Doha, Qatar	11,802 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
09/27	2,134 m	61 m	Asphalt	Yes
03/21	1,532 m	61 m	Asphalt	Yes
14/32	1,524 m	61 m	Asphalt	Yes

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada · 48.6472, -123.4278

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

Victoria International Airport has the IATA code YYJ and the ICAO code CYYJ. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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