Winnipeg / Saint Andrews Airport (CYAV), Manitoba
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Winnipeg / St. Andrews Airport (CYAV) sits in Manitoba, about 10.43 nm from the metro core, with three paved asphalt runways available for operations. Customs clearance is not handled on site; the nearest customs airport is Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, roughly 11.89 nm away.
Runways
Winnipeg / Saint Andrews Airport has three paved runways. The longest, 13/31, is 3,000 ft long and 75 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Runways are listed longest first.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Winnipeg / Saint Andrews Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (CYWG), 12 NM away.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Winnipeg / Saint Andrews Airport recorded 4,759 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in November. Business aviation traffic at CYAV runs higher from June through December, with November posting the year's peak at 501 operations against lows near 300 in February and March.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month November, 501 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
Winnipeg / Saint Andrews Airport averages 4.6 days above 90°F in August, 31.0 freeze days in January and 1.6 snow days in December. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 78.4°F, and January the coldest, at 11.5°F.
Weather station is 11.7 NM from the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Nearby airfields
Winnipeg / Saint Andrews Airport has four airfields within 49 NM. The closest is Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (CYWG), 11.89 NM southwest.
Part of the Winnipeg area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYAV
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 CYAV.
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 CYAV have customs on site?
Winnipeg / St. Andrews Airport (CYAV) does not have customs available on site. The nearest customs point is Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (CYWG), located approximately 11.89 nm away.
What runways are available at Winnipeg / St. Andrews Airport?
Winnipeg / St. Andrews Airport (CYAV) has three paved asphalt runways: 13/31 and 18/36, each 3,000 feet long, and 04/22 at 2,850 feet. All three runways share a width of 75 feet.
How much business aviation traffic does CYAV see, and does it vary by season?
CYAV recorded 4,759 business aviation operations in 2025 according to FAA TFMSC cross-border traffic data. Monthly volume is concentrated in the second half of the year, with November the busiest month at 501 operations compared to a low of 302 in February and March.