# National Airports System

In Canada, the National Airport System (French: Réseau national d’aéroports, NAS) is a group of major airports defined in the National Airports Policy published in 1994. It was intended to include all airports with an annual traffic of 200,000 passengers or more, as well as airports serving the national, provincial and territorial capitals.
All airports in the NAS, with the exception of the three territorial capitals, are owned by Transport Canada and leased to the local authorities operating them. The three territorial airports are owned and, with the exception of Iqaluit Airport, are operated by their respective territorial governments. Iqaluit is operated by Nunavut Airport Services Limited (NASL), a subsidiary of WASCO (Winnipeg Airport Services Corporation), which in turn is a subsidiary of Winnipeg Airports Authority.
Due to very close proximity to Canada's east coast, the airports on the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (an overseas collectivity of France) cooperate with Canada on air travel via several major Canadian airports.

## NAS airports

The following list contains the 26 NAS airports effective 13 May 2024, the location, operator, and their passenger numbers for 2023 (except where noted):
| Province/territory | Airport | City | Operator | Passengers (2023) |
| Alberta | Calgary International | Calgary | Calgary Airport Authority | 18,490,283 |
| Alberta | Edmonton International | Edmonton | Edmonton Regional Airports Authority | 7,499,163 |
| British Columbia | Kelowna International | Kelowna | City of Kelowna | 2,032,624 |
| British Columbia | Prince George | Prince George | Prince George Airport Authority | 417,848 |
| British Columbia | Vancouver International | Vancouver | Vancouver International Airport Authority | 24,938,184 |
| British Columbia | Victoria International | Victoria | Victoria Airport Authority | 1,740,107 |
| Manitoba | Winnipeg International | Winnipeg | Winnipeg Airports Authority | 4,094,793 |
| New Brunswick | Fredericton International | Fredericton | Fredericton International Airport Authority | 333,813 |
| New Brunswick | Greater Moncton International | Greater Moncton | Greater Moncton International Airport Authority | 600,121 |
| New Brunswick | Saint John | Saint John | Saint John Airport Inc | 175,100 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Gander International | Gander | Gander International Airport Authority | 109,678 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | St. John's International | St. John's | St. John’s International Airport Authority | 1,260,000 |
| Northwest Territories | Yellowknife | Yellowknife | Government of the Northwest Territories | 392,130 (2015) |
| Nova Scotia | Halifax International | Halifax | Halifax International Airport Authority | 3,579,293 |
| Nunavut | Iqaluit | Iqaluit | Nunavut Airport Services Limited | 156,633 (2015) |
| Ontario | London International | London | Greater London International Airports Authority | 332,447 |
| Ontario | Ottawa International | Ottawa | Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority | 4,095,914 |
| Ontario | Thunder Bay International | Thunder Bay | Thunder Bay International Airports | 714,070 |
| Ontario | Toronto International | Toronto | Greater Toronto Airports Authority | 44,800,000 |
| Prince Edward Island | Charlottetown | Charlottetown | Charlottetown Airport Authority | 402,686 |
| Quebec | Montréal–Trudeau International | Montreal | Aéroports de Montréal | 21,173,941 |
| Quebec | Montréal–Mirabel International | Montreal | Aéroports de Montréal | 0 |
| Quebec | Québec City International | Quebec City | Aéroport de Québec | 1,688,736 |
| Saskatchewan | Regina International | Regina | Regina Airport Authority | 981,845 |
| Saskatchewan | Saskatoon International | Saskatoon | Saskatoon Airport Authority | 1,277,863 |
| Yukon | Whitehorse International | Whitehorse | Government of Yukon | 286,407 (2015) |