St. John's International Airport

St. John's International Airport is the principal airport of Newfoundland and Labrador and the easternmost airport in North America with scheduled international service, handling roughly 1.5 million passengers annually. YYT's geographic position — at 52° 45' W longitude, the airport is closer to London (3,731 km / 2,320 mi) than to Vancouver (5,100 km / 3,170 mi) — gives it an outsized role in North Atlantic aviation as a diversion and technical-stop airport, a legacy that stretches back to YYT's origins as a strategic WWII air base and the related airport at Gander (YQX). YYT is the ETOPS diversion of choice for a large share of transatlantic Europe–eastern-US traffic. YYT is served by Air Canada (with Air Canada Express regional service and mainline 737 and A220 equipment), WestJet, Porter, PAL Airlines (the provincial regional carrier headquartered in St. John's), and Air St. Pierre, with nonstop service to Toronto, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, and a seasonal WestJet Dublin service revived in the 2020s. Icelandair has previously operated seasonal Reykjavík service. Regional flights serve Gander, Deer Lake, Wabush, and Goose Bay within the province. Air St. Pierre operates ATR service to the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, 250 km (155 mi) south — one of the very few scheduled commercial routes from North America directly into French territory without transiting France. Two runways serve YYT: 11/29 at 8,502 ft (2,591 m) and 16/34 at 7,002 ft (2,134 m). The main runway comfortably handles 777 and 787 diversions. The passenger terminal, substantially modernized in the 2010s, has five jet bridges and combined domestic, trans-border (US-destined), and international passenger processing. YYT sits 6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of downtown St. John's at an elevation of 461 ft (141 m). Famous for fog (both airport and region), YYT has one of the most operationally demanding weather environments in North America, with CAT III ILS equipment on the main runway.