National Airports System

In Canada, the National Airports System (Template:Langx, NAS) is a group of major airports defined in the National Airports Policy published in 1994. It was intended to include all airports with an annual traffic of 200,000 passengers or more, as well as airports serving the national, provincial and territorial capitals.<ref name="critera">Template:Cite book</ref>

All airports in the NAS, with the exception of the three territorial capitals, are owned by Transport Canada and leased to the local authorities operating them.<ref name="TCNAS"/> The three territorial airports are owned and, with the exception of Iqaluit Airport, are operated by their respective territorial governments.<ref name=CFS>Template:CFS</ref>Template:Efn Iqaluit is operated by Nunavut Airport Services Limited (NASL), a subsidiary of WASCO (Winnipeg Airport Services Corporation), which in turn is a subsidiary of Winnipeg Airports Authority.<ref name=WASCO>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Due to very close proximity to Canada's east coast, the airports on the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (an overseas collectivity of France) cooperate with Canada on air travel via several major Canadian airports.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

NAS airports

The following list contains the 26 NAS airports effective 13 May 2024, the location, operator, and their passenger numbers for 2023 (except where noted):<ref name="TCNAS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Province/territory	Airport	City	IATA Code	Operator	Passengers (2023)
Alberta	Calgary International	Calgary	YYC	Calgary Airport Authority	18,490,283<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Edmonton International	Edmonton	YEG	Edmonton Regional Airports Authority	7,499,163<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
British Columbia	Kelowna International	Kelowna	YLW	City of Kelowna	2,032,624<ref name="YLWstats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Prince George	Prince George	YXS	Prince George Airport Authority	417,848<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Vancouver International	Vancouver	YVR	Vancouver International Airport Authority	24,938,184<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Victoria International	Victoria	YYJ	Victoria Airport Authority	1,740,107<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Manitoba	Winnipeg International	Winnipeg	YWG	Winnipeg Airports Authority	4,094,793<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
New Brunswick	Fredericton International	Fredericton	YFC	Fredericton International Airport Authority	333,813<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Greater Moncton International	Greater Moncton	YQM	Greater Moncton International Airport Authority	600,121<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Saint John	Saint John	YSJ	Saint John Airport Inc	175,100<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Newfoundland and Labrador	Gander International	Gander	YQX	Gander International Airport Authority	109,678<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	St. John's International	St. John's	YYT	St. John’s International Airport Authority	1,260,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Northwest Territories	Yellowknife	Yellowknife	YZF	Government of the Northwest Territories	392,130 (2015)<ref name=2015stat>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Nova Scotia	Halifax International	Halifax	YHZ	Halifax International Airport Authority	3,579,293<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Nunavut	Iqaluit	Iqaluit	YFB	Nunavut Airport Services LimitedTemplate:Efn	156,633 (2015)<ref name=2015stat/>
Ontario	London International	London	YXU	Greater London International Airports Authority	332,447<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Ottawa International	Ottawa	YOW	Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority	4,095,914<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Thunder Bay International	Thunder Bay	YQT	Thunder Bay International Airports	714,070<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Toronto International	Toronto	YYZ	Greater Toronto Airports Authority	44,800,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown	Charlottetown	YYG	Charlottetown Airport Authority	402,686<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Quebec	Montréal–Trudeau International	Montreal	YUL	Aéroports de Montréal	21,173,941<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Montréal–Mirabel International	Montreal	YMX	Aéroports de Montréal	0
	Québec City International	Quebec City	YQB	Aéroport de Québec	1,688,736<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Saskatchewan	Regina International	Regina	YQR	Regina Airport Authority	981,845<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Saskatoon International	Saskatoon	YXE	Saskatoon Airport Authority	1,277,863<ref name="YXEstats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Yukon	Whitehorse International	Whitehorse	YXY	Government of Yukon	286,407 (2015)<ref name=2015stat/>

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