Wainwright Airport (CYWV), Alberta
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Wainwright Airport (CYWV) is a low-traffic field in Alberta serving general and business aviation with a single paved runway. Its remote location and limited annual movement count place it among Canada's smaller regional airports for scheduled operations planning.
Runways
Wainwright Airport has one paved runway, 13/31, 3,000 ft long and 75 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Wainwright Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is CEZ3, 90 NM away.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Wainwright Airport recorded 177 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in April and May. Cross-border business aviation traffic at CYWV, as tracked by FAA TFMSC, is concentrated in the spring months of April and May, with the lowest activity recorded in December.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month April, 22 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
Wainwright Airport averages 1.8 days above 90°F in July, 30.9 freeze days in January and 1.6 snow days in January. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 74.3°F, and January the coldest, at 16.9°F.
Weather station is 11.6 NM from the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Nearby airfields
Wainwright Airport has four airfields within 42 NM. The closest is CFB Wainwright Field 21 Airport, 9.04 NM west.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYWV
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.
$600.00 catering order at CYWV.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Frequently asked questions
Does CYWV have customs available onsite?
Wainwright Airport does not have onsite customs. The nearest customs facility is CEZ3, located approximately 90 nautical miles away, so crews arriving internationally must plan clearance there or at another designated airport of entry.
What runway length is available at Wainwright Airport?
CYWV has a single paved runway, 13/31, measuring 3,000 feet long and 75 feet wide with an asphalt surface. This is the only paved runway option at this Alberta airport, so it defines maximum aircraft suitability for landing here.
How much business aviation traffic does CYWV see?
Wainwright Airport recorded 177 business aviation operations in 2025 out of 182 total operations, according to FAA TFMSC data tracking cross-border traffic. As a low-volume field, CYWV sees only a handful of movements per month on average.