Airports / Canada / YXZ
Based operators
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
59 nm
To the nearest alternate
Chapleau Airport (YLD).
Overview
Wawa Airport (CYXZ / YXZ) is a mid-sized airport serving Wawa, Canada. The field lies at an elevation of 942 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
Charter departments call it home: Watson's Skyways bases aircraft at YXZ. Useful alternates include Chapleau Airport (YLD, 59 nm), Hornepayne Municipal Airport (YHN, 74 nm), and Marathon Airport (YSP, 78 nm).
Quotes for flights out of YXZ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from YXZ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
CYXZ
IATA
YXZ
FAA / Local
CYXZ
Elevation
942 ft
Coordinates
47.9667° N · 84.7867° 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 942 ft, YXZ sits higher than 58% of the 250 Canada fields on the register.
Based charter operators1
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 59nmYLDChapleau AirportChapleau
- 74nmYHNHornepayne Municipal AirportHornepayne
- 78nmYSPMarathon AirportMarathon
- 80nmYMGManitouwadge AirportManitouwadge
- 90nmYAMSault Ste Marie AirportSault Ste Marie
- 104nmCIUChippewa County International AirportKincheloe
Location
Open the full mapCYXZ · Wawa Airport · Wawa, Canada