AirportsTofino / Long Beach Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Tofino, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YAZ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YAZ
- ICAO code
- CYAZ
- City
- Tofino
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 49.0798° N, 125.7756° W
- Elevation
- 24 m (80 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 1,524 m (5,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YAZ means Tofino / Long Beach Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYAZ. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 49.0798° N, 125.7756° W. It stands 24 metres (80 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Saanich, about 186 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Vancouver, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Tofino / Long Beach Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 1,524 metres (5,000 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 245 airports of Canada on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 101.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,524 m 5,000 ft | 30 m | Concrete | not listed |
| 07/25 | 1,524 m 4,999 ft | 46 m | Concrete | not listed |
| 11/29 | 1,523 m 4,997 ft | 30 m | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tofino Harbour Seaplane BaseTofino | YTP | 13 km |
| Bamfield Seaplane BaseBamfield | YBF | 54 km |
| Comox Valley International Airport / CFB ComoxComox | YQQ | 95 km |
| Campbell River AirportCampbell River | YBL | 103 km |
| Qualicum Beach AirportQualicum Beach | XQU | 104 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,089 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,214 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,749 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,694 km | 9 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,119 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,789 km | 2 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,665 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,399 km | 9 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,328 km | 15 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.