AirportsHalifax / Stanfield International Airport is a large airport serving Halifax, in Nova Scotia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YHZ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YHZ
- ICAO code
- CYHZ
- City
- Halifax
- State or region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 44.8808° N, 63.5086° W
- Elevation
- 145 m (477 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,200 m (10,500 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YHZ means Halifax / Stanfield International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYHZ. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 44.8808° N, 63.5086° W. It stands 145 metres (477 feet) above sea level.
Local time
Time now at the airport: loading
Time zone America/Halifax, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Halifax / Stanfield International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,200 metres (10,500 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 245 airports of Canada on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 10.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,200 m 10,500 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 14/32 | 2,347 m 7,700 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Charlottetown AirportCharlottetown | YYG | 159 km |
| Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International AirportMoncton | YQM | 165 km |
| Saint John AirportSaint John | YSJ | 193 km |
| Fredericton International AirportFredericton | YFC | 260 km |
| Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy AirportSydney | YQY | 305 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,926 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 11,643 km | 14 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,062 km | 12 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,585 km | 6 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 961 km | 1 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,775 km | 6 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 14,728 km | 18 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,769 km | 13 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,827 km | 20 h 45 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.