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Medium airport · Canada

Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport

Winnipeg, Canada · #309 world#7 of 30 in country

YWGIATA code
CYWGICAO code
4.4Mpassengers in 2025
3,353 mlongest of 2 runways
225 melevation · 738 ft
1928opened
Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (YWG)
Photo: RFBailey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (YWG/CYWG) is an airport in Canada serving Winnipeg.

It handled 4,412,013 passengers in 2025, making it number 309 in our world ranking and number 7 of 30 ranked airports in Canada.

It has 2 runways, the longest 3,353 m, at an elevation of 225 m.

Passengers per year

2012–2025
3.5M3.5M3.7M3.8M4M4.1M4.5M4.5M1.3M1.2M3M4M4.2M4.4M
2012’122013’132014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’25
Identification
IATA
YWG
ICAO
CYWG
UN/LOCODE
CAYWG
Wikidata
Q1323755
Location
Country
Canada
City served
Winnipeg
Located in
Winnipeg
Coordinates
49.9100, -97.2400
Elevation
225 m (738 ft)
Organisation
Type
international airport, airport
Opened
1928-01-01
Operator
Transport Canada
Owner
Transport Canada
Named after
Winnipeg, James Armstrong Richardson, Sr.
Runways
18/36
3,353 m · 11,001 ftrock asphalt
13/31
2,695 m · 8,842 ftrock asphalt