Edmundston Airport (CYES), New Brunswick
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Edmundston Airport (CYES) sits in northwestern New Brunswick, close to the Maine border, at an elevation of 490 feet. The field is a designated airport of entry with a fifteen-person customs processing limit, making it a workable option for smaller cross-border movements rather than high-volume clearance. Its single paved runway serves as the sole operational surface, and nearby fields such as Northern Aroostook Regional and Caribou Municipal sit within a short distance for alternates. Cross-border activity at CYES is tracked through FAA data rather than a full Canadian operations count.
Runways
Edmundston Airport has one paved runway, 16/34, 4,499 ft long and 75 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Edmundston Airport has Canada Border Services Agency clearance available onsite, under a restricted regime rather than general clearance. The terms that apply to a given flight must be confirmed before departure.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Edmundston Airport recorded 237 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in June. Cross-border business aviation traffic at CYES peaks in June, which saw more than double the operations of most other months in 2025.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month June, 47 movements in 2025.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity at the airfield.
Source: FAA TFMSC, cross-border movements, 2025.
Climate
Edmundston Airport averages 2.3 days above 90°F in July, 30.4 freeze days in January and 4.3 snow days in January. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 77.0°F, and January the coldest, at 19.6°F.
Weather station is 7.6 NM from the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Nearby airfields
Edmundston Airport has five airfields within 46 NM. The closest is Northern Aroostook Regional (KFVE), 13.84 NM southeast.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYES
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$1,200.00 catering order at CYES.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
It does not move with the size of the order.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
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Frequently asked questions
What customs procedures apply at CYES?
Edmundston Airport operates as an airport of entry with a fifteen-person limit on customs processing, designated AOE/15. Crews planning a border crossing into this New Brunswick field need to coordinate arrival numbers within that cap ahead of time. CYES sits close to the Maine border, and cross-border traffic is tracked by the FAA rather than by a Canadian total-operations count. Confirm passenger count and arrival timing before filing.
How long is the runway at Edmundston Airport?
Edmundston Airport has a single paved runway, 16/34, measuring 4,499 feet by 75 feet with an asphalt surface. This is the same length listed as the field's max paved runway length, so it defines the operational limit for fixed-wing traffic at CYES. No other runway is available as an alternate at this airport.
What does cross-border traffic look like at CYES?
FAA TFMSC data for 2025 recorded 252 total operations at Edmundston Airport, with 237 of those business aviation flights. Because CYES is in Canada, these figures represent cross-border traffic as tracked by the FAA rather than the airport's full operational count. Business aviation accounts for nearly all of the tracked movements at this field.
Does traffic at Edmundston Airport vary by season?
Yes, cross-border business aviation traffic at CYES is concentrated in certain months rather than spread evenly through the year. June recorded 47 operations, well above every other month, while December saw only 9. Dispatchers planning arrivals at Edmundston Airport should expect this uneven monthly pattern rather than a steady flow.