YHZ · Halifax, Canada
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport.
--:--:-- · ADT (UTC-03:00) · 44.8808° N, 63.5086° W
Halifax Stanfield International Airport
Airport in Goffs, Nova Scotia, Canada
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for YHZ
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 1770; ident CYHZ; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
hiaa.ca
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Halifax Stanfield International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
YHZ / CYHZ
OurAirports ident
CYHZ
GPS / local code
CYHZ
ISO region
CA-NS
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
hiaa.ca
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1345785
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 7:10 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--ADT · UTC-03:00
Time zone
ADT
America/Halifax · UTC-03:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
27 km
Approximate distance to central Halifax.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Ottawa
Languages
English, French
Currency
CAD ($)
Country area
9,984,670 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
10,500 ft / 3,200 m
Runway surface
asphalt (2)
Opened / operator
1960 · Halifax International Airport Authority
Owner / entity
Transport Canada
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Halifax, Canada. Halifax's built-up core sits roughly 27 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Halifax (UTC-03:00, ADT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ / CYHZ) is at 44.8808° N, 63.5086° W, elevation 477 ft (145 m), serving Halifax, Canada.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Halifax is in Canada (capital Ottawa); regulated by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA); on America/Halifax (ADT, UTC-03:00); working languages: English, French; currency: CAD ($).
Distance from central Halifax: 27 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for YHZ.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ / CYHZ)
Halifax Stanfield International Airport · Airport in Goffs, Nova Scotia, Canada
Known label 1
Robert L. Stanfield International Airport
Alternate airport-name cue retained for YHZ, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
CYHZ · CYHZ · CA-NS
hiaa.ca · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Lower Sackville
lower-sackville · 18 km from YHZ
Canada · America/Halifax · +0h · population 51,749 · city coordinates 44.7760, -63.6786
2. Bedford
bedford · 21 km from YHZ
Canada · America/Halifax · +0h · population 21,474 · city coordinates 44.7255, -63.6673
3. Woodlawn
woodlawn · 23 km from YHZ
Canada · America/Halifax · +0h · population 20,000 · city coordinates 44.6775, -63.5273
4. Cole Harbour
cole-harbour · 23 km from YHZ
Canada · America/Halifax · +0h · population 19,096 · city coordinates 44.6724, -63.4751
5. Dartmouth
dartmouth · 24 km from YHZ
Canada · America/Halifax · +0h · population 101,343 · city coordinates 44.6713, -63.5772
6. Downtown Halifax
downtown-halifax · 26 km from YHZ
Canada · America/Halifax · +0h · population 25,555 · city coordinates 44.6483, -63.5776
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. PWM KPWM
Portland International Jetport · Portland
558 km from YHZ · America/New_York · -1h · elevation 76 ft (23 m) · airport coordinates 43.6462, -70.3093
2. YQB CYQB
Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport · Quebec
646 km from YHZ · America/Toronto · -1h · elevation 244 ft (74 m) · airport coordinates 46.7911, -71.3933
3. BOS KBOS
Boston Logan International Airport · Boston
665 km from YHZ · America/New_York · -1h · elevation 20 ft (6 m) · airport coordinates 42.3620, -71.0079
Route-time reference set
1. YHZ-PWM
Portland · 558 km · 1h 32m
America/New_York · -1h from YHZ; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. YHZ-YQB
Quebec · 646 km · 1h 39m
America/Toronto · -1h from YHZ; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. YHZ-BOS
Boston · 665 km · 1h 41m
America/New_York · -1h from YHZ; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 10,500 ft / 3,200 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for YHZ.
Runway identifiers
05/23 · 14/32
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. YQB CYQB
Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport · Quebec · 646 km from YHZ
large airport · America/Toronto · canada · 244 ft (74 m) · 46.7911, -71.3933
2. YUL CYUL
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Montréal · 804 km from YHZ
large airport · America/Toronto · canada · 118 ft (36 m) · 45.4678, -73.7423
3. YYT CYYT
St. John's International Airport · St. John's · 880 km from YHZ
large airport · America/St_Johns · canada · 461 ft (141 m) · 47.6186, -52.7519
4. YOW CYOW
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Ottawa · 955 km from YHZ
large airport · America/Toronto · canada · 374 ft (114 m) · 45.3225, -75.6692
5. YYZ CYYZ
Toronto Pearson International Airport · Toronto · 1288 km from YHZ
large airport · America/Toronto · canada · 569 ft (173 m) · 43.6759, -79.6294
6. YWG CYWG
Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · Winnipeg · 2577 km from YHZ
large airport · America/Winnipeg · canada · 783 ft (239 m) · 49.9100, -97.2399
Country and authority
YHZ sits in Canada (Canada), whose capital is Ottawa. Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English, French. Currency context: CAD ($). YHZ is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
YHZ is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with Robert L. Stanfield International Airport. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Reference description
Airport in Goffs, Nova Scotia, Canada. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1345785 · Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Owner / owning body: Transport Canada. Administrative area: Nova Scotia · Enfield. Named after: Halifax · Robert Stanfield
Field and clock profile
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport is a low-elevation field at 477 ft (145 m), positioned at 44.8808° N, 63.5086° W in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 10,500 ft / 3,200 m. The airport clock uses America/Halifax (ADT, UTC-03:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Lower Sackville is the closest retained city-time anchor at 18 km. PWM Portland is the closest retained airport alternative at 558 km.
Country airport peers
YHZ is compared with YQB Quebec at 646 km, YUL Montréal at 804 km, YYT St. John's at 880 km, YOW Ottawa at 955 km, YYZ Toronto at 1288 km inside the retained Canada airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
YHZ-PWM Portland: 558 km, about 1h 32m, -1h. YHZ-YQB Quebec: 646 km, about 1h 39m, -1h. YHZ-BOS Boston: 665 km, about 1h 41m, -1h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident CYHZ backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. hiaa.ca is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 10,500 ft / 3,200 m
Runway identifiers
05/23, 14/32
OurAirports classifies YHZ as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Halifax.
YHZ (CYHZ) is a low-elevation field at 477 ft (145 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
YHZ sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
YHZ's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 10,500 ft / 3,200 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (2).
Halifax International Airport Authority is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for YHZ.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at hiaa.ca, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for YHZ
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
YHZ uses America/Halifax (ADT, UTC-03:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport is about 27 km from central Halifax; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
PWM Portland is the closest retained alternate at 558 km, time difference -1h.
When source checks matter
hiaa.ca is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place YHZ inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
YHZ ranks #2 in the curated Canada airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 13 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
YHZ has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making America/Halifax a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
YHZ is 477 ft (145 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include KUF 477 ft (145 m) (0 ft delta) · PSP 477 ft (145 m) (0 ft delta) · CRK 484 ft (148 m) (7 ft delta) · GRO 468 ft (143 m) (9 ft delta) · DAL 487 ft (148 m) (10 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
YHZ's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are PWM 558 km -1h · YQB 646 km -1h · BOS 665 km -1h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland | PWM | 558 km | 1h 32m | -1h | --:--:-- |
| Quebec | YQB | 646 km | 1h 39m | -1h | --:--:-- |
| Boston | BOS | 665 km | 1h 41m | -1h | --:--:-- |
YHZ to PWM
Portland
Distance 558 km; estimated travel window 1h 32m; destination zone America/New_York is -1h from YHZ. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
YHZ to YQB
Quebec
Distance 646 km; estimated travel window 1h 39m; destination zone America/Toronto is -1h from YHZ. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
YHZ to BOS
Boston
Distance 665 km; estimated travel window 1h 41m; destination zone America/New_York is -1h from YHZ. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
The airport sits in the normal outer-ring range for a major metro gateway, so rail, shuttle coach, and ride-hail all matter when you judge the fastest arrival.
Halifax is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from YHZ, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Lower Sackville
lower-sackville · 18 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bedford
bedford · 21 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Woodlawn
woodlawn · 23 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Cole Harbour
cole-harbour · 23 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Dartmouth
dartmouth · 24 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Downtown Halifax
downtown-halifax · 26 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Halifax
halifax · 27 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Halifax West End
halifax-west-end · 27 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Clayton Park West
clayton-park-west · 28 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Halifax South End
halifax-south-end · 28 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Armdale
armdale · 29 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
New Glasgow
new-glasgow · 103 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Portland (PWM), Quebec (YQB), Boston (BOS). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 10,500 ft / 3,200 m; identifiers 05/23, 14/32.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: Halifax International Airport Authority.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1960.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from YHZ. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Portland International JetportPWM
Portland · large airport
- Distance
- 558 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- -1h
- Elevation
- 76 ft (23 m)
Compare against PWM when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Quebec Jean Lesage International AirportYQB
Quebec · large airport
- Distance
- 646 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- -1h
- Elevation
- 244 ft (74 m)
Compare against YQB when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Boston Logan International AirportBOS
Boston · large airport
- Distance
- 665 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- -1h
- Elevation
- 20 ft (6 m)
Compare against BOS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) in?▾
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport is in the America/Halifax timezone (UTC-03:00, ADT).
What are the codes for Halifax / Stanfield International Airport?▾
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport uses IATA code YHZ and ICAO code CYHZ.
Where is Halifax / Stanfield International Airport located?▾
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport is located in Halifax, Canada at coordinates 44.8808° N, 63.5086° W, with an elevation of 477 ft (145 m) (low-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is Halifax / Stanfield International Airport from central Halifax?▾
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport sits roughly 27 km from the nearest mapped city center for Halifax.
Which route reference is most useful from YHZ?▾
Portland (PWM) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 32m, destination timezone America/New_York, and a -1h difference from YHZ.
Which authority regulates YHZ?▾
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport sits inside Canada, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA).
What other airports in Canada are close peers to YHZ?▾
YHZ's curated peers in Canada on this site include YQB Quebec, YUL Montréal, YYT St. John's, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Halifax / Stanfield International Airport have?▾
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 10,500 ft / 3,200 m; identifiers include 05/23, 14/32.