Canada · elevation 1653 ft AMSL
· 52.1707, -106.7008
Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport is an airport with the ICAO code CYXE and the IATA code YXE. Country: Canada. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Saskatoon. OurAirports classifies it as a large airport. Its ICAO code starts with the CY prefix, which marks airports in Canada. The four-letter code CYXE is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code YXE is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 52°10'15"N, 106°42'03"W, at an elevation of 1,653 ft (504 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Regina.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | 90° | 2,530 m (8,300 ft) | 61 m (200 ft) | asphalt |
| 27 | 270° | |||
| 15 | 150° | 1,890 m (6,200 ft) | 46 m (150 ft) | asphalt |
| 33 | 330° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
What the METAR reports from CYXE for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 26,281 METAR reports issued by CYXE in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 82% of the time, MVFR 10% and IFR or LIFR 8%. Best month for VFR flying: April (89% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: January (19%).
Through the day, IFR or LIFR conditions are most frequent around 13:00 UTC (12% of reports at that hour) and least frequent around 23:00 UTC (6%).
Fog (FG) was reported on 18 days a year on average, most often in January. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 18 days a year on average, and snowfall on 70.
The wind most often blows from WNW (293°) - 9% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 2% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in 4%. Warmest month: August (average high 26.7 °C); coldest: February (average low -18.1 °C).
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Most often: WNW - 9% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.0 | -17.5 | 66% | 19% | 3.3 | 0 | 15 |
| February | -8.2 | -18.1 | 81% | 10% | 0.7 | 0 | 11 |
| March | -3.4 | -13.5 | 80% | 8% | 2.7 | 0 | 12 |
| April | 11.1 | -1.7 | 89% | 5% | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| May | 20.9 | 7.0 | 85% | 5% | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| June | 23.8 | 9.9 | 86% | 3% | 1 | 7.3 | 0 |
| July | 26.0 | 12.4 | 86% | 5% | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 26.7 | 11.8 | 88% | 4% | 1.3 | 3.3 | 0 |
| September | 23.9 | 8.5 | 88% | 6% | 1.7 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 12.5 | 0.1 | 84% | 5% | 2 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| November | 1.5 | -7.6 | 72% | 17% | 2.3 | 0 | 8.3 |
| December | -5.6 | -15.3 | 74% | 12% | 1.7 | 0 | 15 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport has 2 runways: 09/27 - 2,530 m long (8,300 ft), 61 m wide, asphalt surface; 15/33 - 1,890 m long (6,200 ft), 46 m wide, asphalt surface.
The longest of them is 09/27, at 2,530 m.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 09/27 on 90° and 270° magnetic, 15/33 on 150° and 330° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 09/27 axis, wind from the south (around 180°) or from the north (around 360°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 90° or 270° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport are published under the ICAO code CYXE. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the CYXE report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for CYXE, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/Regina zone stays at GMT-06:00 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are North Battleford Airport (CYQW, 124 km), Prince Albert Glass Field (CYPA, 135 km), Wynyard / W.B. Needham Field (CYYO, 178 km). When no report is available for CYXE, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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