Airports / Canada / YQW
North Battleford Airport
CYQW / YQWNorth Battleford, CanadaELEV 1,799 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
67 nm
To the nearest alternate
Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (YXE).
Overview
Located in North Battleford, Canada, North Battleford Airport (CYQW / YQW) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 1,799 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
YQW has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (YXE, 67 nm), Lloydminster Airport (YLL, 74 nm), and Meadow Lake Airport (YLJ, 82 nm).
Quotes for flights out of YQW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from YQW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
CYQW
IATA
YQW
FAA / Local
CYQW
Elevation
1,799 ft
Coordinates
52.7694° N · 108.2437° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Canada fields
state range 6–3,940 ft
At 1,799 ft, YQW sits higher than 84% of the 250 Canada fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 67nmYXESaskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International AirportSaskatoon
- 74nmYLLLloydminster AirportLloydminster
- 82nmYLJMeadow Lake AirportMeadow Lake
- 83nmYKYKindersley AirportKindersley
- 97nmYPAPrince Albert Glass FieldPrince Albert
- 122nmYODCFB Cold LakeCold Lake
Location
Open the full mapCYQW · North Battleford Airport · North Battleford, Canada