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Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport (Canada)
Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport is located near Whitehorse, with Whitehorse at 1mi↑, MacRae at 5mi↑, Mayo Road at 15mi↑, Mount Lorne at 19mi↑, Tagish at 38mi↑, Carcross at 40mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYXY
- IATA code : YXY
- Local code : -
Elevation : 706 m = 2316ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 14R/32L : 2895m = 9498ft
- runway 14L/32R : 1219m = 3999ft
- runway 01/19 : 632m = 2073ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
Coming to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport
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- Teslin airport at 87mi : book on Trip.com
weather : light snow at Whitehorse
-35 ↗ -24°F
wind ↑ 8mph
extreme cold alert with -35°F at Whitehorse
Tuesday : extreme cold alert with -33°F at Whitehorse
Aviation weather for Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport CYXY YXY
METAR for Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport CYXY YXY
CYXY 071900Z 34007KT 3/4SM R32L/P6000FT/D -SN VV015 M20/M23 A2955 RMK SN8 SLP083
Decoded METAR for Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport CYXY YXY
METAR issued by CYXY on Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 19:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 44 hours and -1406 minutes ago.
visibility is 1km = 1sm.
The temperature is -20°C = -4°F, dew point is -23°C = -9°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 77 %.
QNH is 1001hPa = 29.55inHg
Wind 13km/h = 7kt, direction is 340°.
Clouds : VV1500ft = 460m.
light snow
Remarks : snow 8 Sea Level Pressure SLP=083
TAF for Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport CYXY YXY
CYXY 071852Z 0718/0806 34008KT 6SM -SN OVC040 TEMPO 0718/0803 1SM -SHSN VV012 FM080300 34010G20KT P6SM -SN SCT030 BKN060 TEMPO 0803/0806 4SM -SN VV030 RMK NXT FCST BY 080000Z
Decoded TAF for Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport CYXY YXY
TAF issued by CYXY on Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 18:52 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 20 hours and 42 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday, December 7, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 7, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
0718/0806 34008KT 6SM -SN OVC040
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 340°
Visibility is 10km = 6sm.
light snow
overcast at 4000ft = 1220m
temporarily from Sunday, December 7, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 7, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0718/0803 1SM -SHSN VV012
Visibility is 2km = 1sm.
light intensity shower snow
VV1200ft = 370m
from Sunday, December 7, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Monday, December 8, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM080300 34010G20KT P6SM -SN SCT030 BKN060
wind 10kt = 19km/h with gusts at 20kt = 37km/h, direction is 340°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
light snow
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m broken at 6000ft = 1830m
temporarily from Sunday, December 7, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Monday, December 8, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0803/0806 4SM -SN VV030
Visibility is 6km = 4sm.
light snow
VV3000ft = 910m
NOTAM for Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport
Around Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Whitehorse
- MoMA (New York) at 2870mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2873mi↑
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 4413mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4502mi↑
- Paris at 4504mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4504mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 4605mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 4606mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 4610mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 4625mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 4626mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 4628mi↑
- for Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport at 0mi↑
- for Whitehorse airport at 2mi↑
- for Whitehorse / Cousins airport at 8mi↑
nearest airports to Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport (Canada)
- Whitehorse seaplane base ( CEZ5) at 2mi↑
- Whitehorse / Cousins airport ( CFP8) at 8mi↑
- Carcross Cutoff airport ( CA-0798) at 12mi↑
- Hootalinqua Ranch airport ( CA-0797) at 30mi↑
- Caribou Crossing Trading Post airport ( CA-0796) at 37mi↑
- Carcross airport ( CFA4) at 39mi↑
- Carcross seaplane base ( CEB7) at 39mi↑
- Livingstone airport ( CA-0209) at 51mi↑defunct airport
- Squanga Lake airport ( CA-0349) at 57mi↑defunct airport
- Braeburn airport ( CEK2) at 59mi↑
- Haines Junction/Pine Lake seaplane base ( CFE8) at 82mi↑
- Haines Junction airport (CYHT YHT ) at 84mi↑NOTAM
- Teslin airport (CYZW YZW ) at 87mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Little Salmon airport ( CA-0208) at 103mi↑defunct airport
- Carmacks airport ( CEX4) at 104mi↑
- Aishihik airport ( CA-0018) at 104mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in Canada
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap