Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport
Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport
Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (IATA: YXC, ICAO: CYXC) is an airport in British Columbia, located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of Cranbrook and 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Kimberley, in the Canadian Rockies. It is owned by the City of Cranbrook and operated by Elevate Airports. There is a single 8,000 by 150 ft (2,438 by 46 m) asphalt runway, 16/34, with a category 1 instrument landing system capable of guiding aircraft down to 200 ft (61 m) in 1?2 mi (0.80 km) of visibility. The terminal building covers 2,100 m2 (23,000 sq ft). In 2008, YXC served over 106,277 passengers and in 2010 had 15,060 aircraft movements. In 2017 YXC served 134,455 passengers, peaked in 2018 serving 184,973 passengers and in 2022 has rebounded from a low of 56,901 passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic to serve 138,700 passengers, a 145% increase year over year from 2021. The airport is operated 24 hours a day by the Cranbrook Flight Service Station. It is classified as an airport of entry by Transport Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.
Location
49.611°N, 115.782°O · 939 m s. n. m. (3.082 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Area control (center)
Flight information
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
Airlines operating here · 3
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: James Heilman, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original
Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YXC
MLA
“Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YXC. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YXC (Accessed: 16 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YXC},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YXC}},
urldate = {2026-10-16},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}Wikipedia
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