# Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)

> Halifax, CA · IATA: YHZ · ICAO: CYHZ · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `YHZ` |
| ICAO | `CYHZ` |
| City | Halifax |
| Country | CA |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 145 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 44.88080, -63.50860 |

## Description

Crates of live lobster moving from Nova Scotia's coast onto widebody freighters bound for Shanghai capture what makes Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) distinctive. In 2021 roughly 15,700 tonnes of live lobster worth 293 million dollars left here for Asia and Europe. As Atlantic Canada's air freight gateway, the airport handled about 41,000 tonnes valued at 621 million dollars in 2019 and close to 34,800 tonnes in 2021, with high-value seafood accounting for around half of all export value. First Catch operates what it calls the world's first airport live-seafood transfer warehouse — 29,000 square feet, sized for two Boeing 747 charters at once and over 200 tonnes a day. Carriers serving YHZ include Korean Air Cargo, Cargojet, FedEx, Atlas Air, Qatar Airways, Skylease and Suparna Airlines. A 36 million dollar cargo park with doubled cold-storage capacity underpins the growth. The deep-water Port of Halifax nearby rounds out the multimodal picture. For temperature-controlled exports, YHZ is among Canada's most specialised airports.

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