YYT · St. John's, Canada
St. John's International Airport.
--:--:-- · NST (UTC-02:30) · 47.6186° N, 52.7519° W
St. John's International Airport
Airport in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for YYT
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 1986; ident CYYT; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
stjohnsairport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
St. John's International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
18 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
YYT / CYYT
OurAirports ident
CYYT
GPS / local code
CYYT
ISO region
CA-NL
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
stjohnsairport.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q1516699
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
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, 9:24 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--NST · UTC-02:30
Time zone
NST
America/St_Johns · UTC-02:30
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
6.8 km
Approximate distance to central St. John's.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Ottawa
Languages
English, French
Currency
CAD ($)
Country area
9,984,670 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
8,502 ft / 2,591 m
Runway surface
asphalt (2)
Opened / operator
1941 · St
Owner / entity
Q1516699
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
18 source-backed signals
St. John's International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for St. John's, Canada. St. John's's built-up core sits roughly 6.8 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/St_Johns (UTC-02:30, NST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
St. John's International Airport (YYT / CYYT) is at 47.6186° N, 52.7519° W, elevation 461 ft (141 m), serving St. John's, Canada.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
St. John's is in Canada (capital Ottawa); regulated by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA); on America/St_Johns (NST, UTC-02:30); working languages: English, French; currency: CAD ($).
Distance from central St. John's: 7 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 YYT.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
St. John's International Airport (YYT / CYYT)
St. John's International Airport · Airport in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Source identifiers
CYYT · CYYT · CA-NL
stjohnsairport.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Location cue
John's International Airport is located 3 nautical miles northwest of St.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. St. John's
st-john-s · 6.8 km from YYT
Canada · America/St_Johns · +0h · population 110,525 · city coordinates 47.5649, -52.7093
2. Mount Pearl
mount-pearl · 12 km from YYT
Canada · America/St_Johns · +0h · population 22,477 · city coordinates 47.5166, -52.7814
3. Paradise
paradise · 14 km from YYT
Canada · America/St_Johns · +0h · population 22,957 · city coordinates 47.5291, -52.8814
4. Conception Bay South
conception-bay-south · 23 km from YYT
Canada · America/St_Johns · +0h · population 27,168 · city coordinates 47.4999, -52.9981
5. Corner Brook
corner-brook · 412 km from YYT
Canada · America/St_Johns · +0h · population 19,316 · city coordinates 48.9500, -57.9520
6. Glace Bay
glace-bay · 569 km from YYT
Canada · America/Glace_Bay · -0h 30m · population 16,915 · city coordinates 46.1970, -59.9570
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. YHZ CYHZ
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport · Halifax
880 km from YYT · America/Halifax · -0h 30m · elevation 477 ft (145 m) · airport coordinates 44.8808, -63.5086
2. YQB CYQB
Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport · Quebec
1408 km from YYT · America/Toronto · -1h 30m · elevation 244 ft (74 m) · airport coordinates 46.7911, -71.3933
3. PWM KPWM
Portland International Jetport · Portland
1431 km from YYT · America/New_York · -1h 30m · elevation 76 ft (23 m) · airport coordinates 43.6462, -70.3093
Route-time reference set
1. YYT-YHZ
Halifax · 880 km · 1h 57m
America/Halifax · -0h 30m from YYT; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. YYT-YQB
Quebec · 1408 km · 2h 37m
America/Toronto · -1h 30m from YYT; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. YYT-PWM
Portland · 1431 km · 2h 39m
America/New_York · -1h 30m from YYT; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 8,502 ft / 2,591 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for YYT.
Runway identifiers
10/28 · 16/34
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. YHZ CYHZ
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport · Halifax · 880 km from YYT
large airport · America/Halifax · canada · 477 ft (145 m) · 44.8808, -63.5086
2. YQB CYQB
Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport · Quebec · 1408 km from YYT
large airport · America/Toronto · canada · 244 ft (74 m) · 46.7911, -71.3933
3. YUL CYUL
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Montréal · 1618 km from YYT
large airport · America/Toronto · canada · 118 ft (36 m) · 45.4678, -73.7423
4. YOW CYOW
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Ottawa · 1767 km from YYT
large airport · America/Toronto · canada · 374 ft (114 m) · 45.3225, -75.6692
5. YYZ CYYZ
Toronto Pearson International Airport · Toronto · 2123 km from YYT
large airport · America/Toronto · canada · 569 ft (173 m) · 43.6759, -79.6294
6. YWG CYWG
Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · Winnipeg · 3222 km from YYT
large airport · America/Winnipeg · canada · 783 ft (239 m) · 49.9100, -97.2399
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
The airport is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by St.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for YYT.
Country and authority
YYT 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 ($). YYT is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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.
Source-specific cues
Location cue: John's International Airport is located 3 nautical miles northwest of St.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q1516699 · St. John's International Airport. Administrative area: Newfoundland and Labrador · St. John's. Named after: St. John's. Entity official-site cross-check: stjohnsairport.com
Field and clock profile
St. John's International Airport is a low-elevation field at 461 ft (141 m), positioned at 47.6186° N, 52.7519° W in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 8,502 ft / 2,591 m. The airport clock uses America/St_Johns (NST, UTC-02:30), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
St. John's is the closest retained city-time anchor at 6.8 km. YHZ Halifax is the closest retained airport alternative at 880 km.
Country airport peers
YYT is compared with YHZ Halifax at 880 km, YQB Quebec at 1408 km, YUL Montréal at 1618 km, YOW Ottawa at 1767 km, YYZ Toronto at 2123 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
YYT-YHZ Halifax: 880 km, about 1h 57m, -0h 30m. YYT-YQB Quebec: 1408 km, about 2h 37m, -1h 30m. YYT-PWM Portland: 1431 km, about 2h 39m, -1h 30m. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident CYYT backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. stjohnsairport.com 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 8,502 ft / 2,591 m
Runway identifiers
10/28, 16/34
OurAirports classifies YYT as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for St. John's.
YYT (CYYT) is a low-elevation field at 461 ft (141 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
YYT sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
YYT's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 8,502 ft / 2,591 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (2).
St is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for YYT.
- The airport is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by St.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at stjohnsairport.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for YYT
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
YYT uses America/St_Johns (NST, UTC-02:30). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
St. John's International Airport is about 6.8 km from central St. John's; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
YHZ Halifax is the closest retained alternate at 880 km, time difference -0h 30m.
When source checks matter
stjohnsairport.com 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 YYT inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
YYT ranks #12 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
YYT has no other retained airport in the same IANA zone cohort, making America/St_Johns a more distinctive signal for this page.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
YYT is 461 ft (141 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include HRB 457 ft (139 m) (4 ft delta) · GRO 468 ft (143 m) (7 ft delta) · UFA 449 ft (137 m) (12 ft delta) · KUF 477 ft (145 m) (16 ft delta) · PSP 477 ft (145 m) (16 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
YYT's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are YHZ 880 km -0h 30m · YQB 1408 km -1h 30m · PWM 1431 km -1h 30m.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax | YHZ | 880 km | 1h 57m | -0h 30m | --:--:-- |
| Quebec | YQB | 1408 km | 2h 37m | -1h 30m | --:--:-- |
| Portland | PWM | 1431 km | 2h 39m | -1h 30m | --:--:-- |
YYT to YHZ
Halifax
Distance 880 km; estimated travel window 1h 57m; destination zone America/Halifax is -0h 30m from YYT. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
YYT to YQB
Quebec
Distance 1408 km; estimated travel window 2h 37m; destination zone America/Toronto is -1h 30m from YYT. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
YYT to PWM
Portland
Distance 1431 km; estimated travel window 2h 39m; destination zone America/New_York is -1h 30m from YYT. 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
Central St. John's is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
St. John's 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.
St. John's 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 YYT, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
St. John's
st-john-s · 6.8 km · America/St_Johns
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Mount Pearl
mount-pearl · 12 km · America/St_Johns
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Paradise
paradise · 14 km · America/St_Johns
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Conception Bay South
conception-bay-south · 23 km · America/St_Johns
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Corner Brook
corner-brook · 412 km · America/St_Johns
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Glace Bay
glace-bay · 569 km · America/Glace_Bay
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- -0h 30m
Sydney
sydney · 588 km · America/Glace_Bay
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- -0h 30m
New Glasgow
new-glasgow · 789 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- -0h 30m
Charlottetown
charlottetown · 802 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- -0h 30m
Cole Harbour
cole-harbour · 888 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- -0h 30m
Woodlawn
woodlawn · 891 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- -0h 30m
Dartmouth
dartmouth · 895 km · America/Halifax
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- -0h 30m
Airlines and Network Role
St. John's 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: Halifax (YHZ), Quebec (YQB), Portland (PWM). 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 8,502 ft / 2,591 m; identifiers 10/28, 16/34.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: St.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1941.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from YYT. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Halifax / Stanfield International AirportYHZ
Halifax · large airport
- Distance
- 880 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- -0h 30m
- Elevation
- 477 ft (145 m)
Compare against YHZ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Quebec Jean Lesage International AirportYQB
Quebec · large airport
- Distance
- 1408 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- -1h 30m
- Elevation
- 244 ft (74 m)
Compare against YQB when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Portland International JetportPWM
Portland · large airport
- Distance
- 1431 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- -1h 30m
- Elevation
- 76 ft (23 m)
Compare against PWM when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Companion Planning Tools
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is St. John's International Airport (YYT) in?▾
St. John's International Airport is in the America/St_Johns timezone (UTC-02:30, NST).
What are the codes for St. John's International Airport?▾
St. John's International Airport uses IATA code YYT and ICAO code CYYT.
Where is St. John's International Airport located?▾
St. John's International Airport is located in St. John's, Canada at coordinates 47.6186° N, 52.7519° W, with an elevation of 461 ft (141 m) (low-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is St. John's International Airport from central St. John's?▾
St. John's International Airport sits roughly 6.8 km from the nearest mapped city center for St. John's.
Which route reference is most useful from YYT?▾
Halifax (YHZ) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 57m, destination timezone America/Halifax, and a -0h 30m difference from YYT.
Which authority regulates YYT?▾
St. John's 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 YYT?▾
YYT's curated peers in Canada on this site include YHZ Halifax, YQB Quebec, YUL Montréal, plus 3 more.
How many runways does St. John's International Airport have?▾
St. John's International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 8,502 ft / 2,591 m; identifiers include 10/28, 16/34.