YYR — Goose Bay Airport
Medium-sized airport in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Canada.
- IATA code
- YYR
- ICAO code
- CYYR
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 182,158
- 2019 · Wikidata
- Nonstop routes
- 3
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−4 / UTC−3
- America/Goose_Bay
- Elevation
- 49 m
- 161 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,367 m
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About YYR
Goose Bay Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Canada. It opened in 1941 and is run by NATO. 182,158 passengers used it in 2019. Open traffic data shows 3 nonstop routes from YYR.
Wikidata (CC0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from YYR
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| YYR → ORD | 2,396 km | 271 |
| YYR → SEA | 4,309 km | 214 |
| YYR → MSP | 2,545 km | 139 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| YRG | Rigolet Airport | 161 km |
| YSO | Postville Airport | 182 km |
| YMN | Makkovik Airport | 211 km |
| YRF | Cartwright Airport | 227 km |
| YHO | Hopedale Airport | 237 km |
Distance from YYR to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,367 m | 64 m | Asphalt |
| 15/33 | 2,920 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · 53.3192, -60.4258
Questions
Goose Bay Airport has the IATA code YYR and the ICAO code CYYR. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
YYR is a medium-sized airport in Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, at 53.3192, -60.4258, 49 m above sea level. It serves Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
YYR is in the America/Goose_Bay time zone, UTC−4 / UTC−3 (winter / summer).
182,158 passengers in 2019, according to Wikidata.
Goose Bay Airport opened in 1941.
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