Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 2,280 ft / 695 m Code YXJ Phone +1 250-787-0426 | Website www.fsjairport.com Elevation 695 m | |
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Operator North Peace Airport Services Ltd. Address 9919 Terminal Rd, Fort St John, BC V1J 4H9, Canada Similar DRIVING FORCE Vehicle R, Air Canada, Avis Car Rentals Fort St Jo, Fort St John Cabs Ltd, Enterprise Rent‑A‑Car Profiles | ||
Fort St. John Airport (IATA: YXJ, ICAO: CYXJ), North Peace Regional Airport, or North Peace Airport, is located at Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. The airport is operated by North Peace Airport Services Ltd (a subsidiary of Vancouver International Airport Authority). A new record of 257,295 passengers came through the airport in 2015, up from the 252,729 passengers seen in 2014.
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In 2013, WestJet Encore announced regular scheduled service to Calgary and Vancouver, representing a major expansion of airline service to the Fort St. John market. Scheduled service to Vancouver is also provided by Air Canada Express.
Runways
Fort St. John Airport currently has two runways. Runway 11/29 is a 6,909 by 150 ft (2,106 by 46 m) paved runway, while runway 02/20 is a 6,698 by 200 ft (2,042 by 61 m) paved runway.
Historical airline service
Commencing in the early 1940s, Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors CP Air and Canadian Airlines International operated scheduled passenger service to Vancouver, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; Prince George, British Columbia; Whitehorse, Yukon; Fort Nelson, British Columbia; Grande Prairie, Alberta and Watson Lake, Yukon. CP Air served the airport with Boeing 737-200 jetliners during the 1970s with direct, no change of plane flights to all of the above destinations. Other Canadian Pacific flights into the airport over the years were operated with such twin engine prop aircraft as the Lockheed Lodestar, the Douglas DC-3 and the Convair 240 as well as with the larger, four engine Douglas DC-6B propliner and Bristol Britannia turboprop.