Longest Commercial Runways in Canada

Compiled by Bill Gao

National Commercial Aviation Runway Registry & Rankings (ISO: CA)

8 Commercial Aerodromes

Longest National Runway

14,000 ft

4,267 meters

Indexed Commercial Hubs

Paved primary runways (≥3,000 ft)

Canada Runway Facts at a Glance

Top 5 longest runways: #1 Calgary International Airport (YYC) 14,000 ft; #2 Vancouver International Airport (YVR) 11,500 ft; #3 Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) 11,120 ft; tied #4 Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) 11,000 ft; tied #4 Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (YWG) 11,000 ft. The gap from YYC to YWG is 3,000 ft.

Elevation: Highest: Calgary International Airport (YYC) at 3,557 ft (1,084 m); lowest: YVR at 14 ft, a spread of 3,543 ft.

Runway count: 8 published airports, 22 active runways in total; 4 with 2 active runways, 4 with 3+ active runways.

National Runway Inventory & Ranking Table

Commercial aerodromes in Canada ordered by longest active runway dimension.

National Rank	Aerodrome Name	IATA	Municipality	Longest Runway	Elevation	Published Global Rank
#1 in CA	Calgary International Airport	`YYC`	Calgary	14,000 ft (4267m)	3,557 ft	#25 of 650
#2 in CA	Vancouver International Airport	`YVR`	Vancouver	11,500 ft (3505m)	14 ft	tied #260 of 650
#3 in CA	Toronto Pearson International Airport	`YYZ`	Toronto	11,120 ft (3389m)	569 ft	tied #347 of 650
tied #4 in CA	Edmonton International Airport	`YEG`	Edmonton	11,000 ft (3353m)	2,373 ft	tied #366 of 650
tied #4 in CA	Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport	`YUL`	Montréal	11,000 ft (3353m)	118 ft	tied #366 of 650
tied #4 in CA	Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport	`YWG`	Winnipeg	11,000 ft (3353m)	783 ft	tied #366 of 650
#7 in CA	Halifax / Stanfield International Airport	`YHZ`	Halifax	10,500 ft (3200m)	477 ft	tied #449 of 650
#8 in CA	Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport	`YOW`	Ottawa	10,000 ft (3048m)	374 ft	tied #557 of 650