Whitehorse / Erik Nielsen International Airport

Whitehorse / Erik Nielsen International Airport (CYXY) is a medium airport in Whitehorse, YT, Canada. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code CYXY or IATA code YXY. It sits in North America.

Whitehorse / Erik Nielsen International Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

Whitehorse / Erik Nielsen International Airport lies at 2,317 ft elevation.

Local operations run on America/Whitehorse. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

SkyAccess inventory for CYXY updates continuously as operators publish new empty legs and one-way repositioning trips. Pricing on each leg is available with a free account, and an inventory alert will email you the moment a leg appears on the route you care about.

Use this page to compare CYXY against nearby alternatives, browse live empty-leg pricing in both directions, and brief yourself on the runway and elevation profile before you book.

Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport is an airport of entry located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. It is part of the National Airports System, and is owned and operated by the Government of Yukon. The airport was renamed in honor of longtime Yukon Member of Parliament Erik Nielsen on December 15, 2008. The terminal handled 294,000 passengers in 2012, representing a 94% increase in passenger traffic since 2002. By 2017, this number had risen to 366,000. 2024 saw a new all-time high with more than 225,000 arrivals. Air North is based in Whitehorse.