Airport Codes
Total 1 airports of CYFC
Fredericton International Airport (IATA: YFC, ICAO:CYFC) is located in the the city of Fredericton, Canada. It is the primary international airport serving Fredericton and its surrounding metropolitan area.
Airport Overview
Fredericton International Airport (YFC), identified as CYFC, is a regional international airport serving Fredericton and surrounding New Brunswick markets in Canada. It is located near Fredericton at approximately 45.8689003°N, 66.5372009°W, in the UTC−04:00 time zone. For international freight, the airport is best assessed as a regional gateway rather than a large-scale cargo hub. Shipments may move through available passenger-aircraft belly capacity, ad hoc cargo arrangements, or truck-air connections through larger Canadian gateways, subject to airline acceptance and current schedules. Our service team uses the airport’s local access while checking capacity, customs requirements, security status, handling capability, and onward trucking before confirming an export or import plan.
| Airport | Fredericton International Airport |
|---|---|
| IATA / ICAO | YFC / CYFC |
| City and country | Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Coordinates | 45.8689003°N, 66.5372009°W |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 |
Key Highlights
Cargo Facilities & Services
Fredericton International Airport should be handled as an airport where cargo services depend on the operating airline, appointed ground handler, shipment profile, and date of uplift. Our service team confirms the following before issuing final instructions:
- Acceptance and build-up: Verify the responsible airline or handling agent, cargo acceptance location, cut-off time, piece limits, and whether palletization or loose-load preparation is available.
- Screening and security: Confirm the required security screening route for export cargo. Screening status and packaging can affect both acceptance and connection planning.
- Temperature-sensitive cargo: Do not assume dedicated cold-room, frozen, or pharmaceutical handling. Request written confirmation of storage duration, temperature range, handover timing, and contingency procedures.
- Dangerous goods: Acceptance is subject to airline approval, IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, trained personnel, compliant packaging, and a complete shipper’s declaration where required.
- Customs and bonded handling: Import, export, or transit customs arrangements must be confirmed for the actual routing. A bonded or customs-controlled service should not be assumed without confirmation.
Routes & Transit Times
- Domestic and regional connectivity: Routing may use available scheduled passenger belly capacity or other approved uplift arrangements. Current carrier acceptance and operating schedules must be checked at booking.
- International connections: Shipments may require a connection through a larger Canadian gateway or a truck-air combination, depending on destination, commodity, weight, and available capacity.
- Transit variables: Actual transit time is affected by flight frequency, connection availability, customs release, security screening, weather, aircraft payload restrictions, and truck appointment capacity.
- Service planning: Our team quotes transit as a routing-specific estimate rather than a guaranteed airport standard. The final plan should include connection buffer and recovery options.
Hinterland & Key Cargo
Fredericton International Airport serves Fredericton and the wider New Brunswick catchment area. The practical cargo base is regional and project-dependent, with final routing often determined by delivery urgency and the availability of uplift.
- Time-sensitive business shipments, samples, documents, replacement parts, and small industrial consignments.
- Forestry, manufacturing, engineering, public-sector, and technology-related cargo from New Brunswick and nearby markets.
- General commercial cargo, e-commerce parcels, spare parts, and consolidated shipments requiring scheduled onward delivery.
- Temperature-sensitive, perishable, live-animal, and regulated cargo only after the operating carrier and handling chain have confirmed acceptance in writing.
Operations & Compliance
- Cut-off control: Obtain the airline or handler’s current cargo cut-off and cargo acceptance address. Regional operations may offer less recovery flexibility than major cargo hubs.
- Air waybill and customs data: Match the commercial invoice, packing list, HS classification, consignee details, origin, value, and country-of-origin information. Incomplete data can delay screening or customs release.
- Regulated cargo: Dangerous goods, lithium batteries, dry ice, aerosols, medicines, biological substances, perishables, and live animals require commodity-specific pre-checks and appropriate declarations.
- Import collection: Confirm importer-of-record status, customs broker authorization, duties and taxes, delivery appointment, and proof-of-delivery requirements before arrival.
Shipping Tips
- Send dimensions, gross weight, piece count, commodity description, value, origin, destination, and requested delivery date before asking our team to confirm capacity.
- Book early for oversized, dense, temperature-sensitive, dangerous, or time-critical freight; request a routing comparison between local uplift and truck-air alternatives.
- Use airline-compliant packaging with secure closures, visible handling marks, and sufficient protection for transfer between aircraft, warehouse, and truck.
- Keep a contingency plan for weather, payload limits, missed connections, or customs holds. Do not dispatch cargo to the airport until the acceptance location and cut-off are confirmed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Data Sources & Provenance
Airport identity, location, codes, and time-zone details in this module are based on the supplied airport record. Operational information is presented as logistics guidance and must be reconfirmed against the shipment date, carrier, handler, customs status, and commodity requirements.
- Airport and local operational reference: frederictonairport.ca
- Canadian air navigation and aeronautical operational information: navcanada.ca
- Canadian customs and import/export compliance: cbsa-asfc.gc.ca
- International air transport and cargo standards reference: iata.org
Schedules, cargo acceptance, handling equipment, storage arrangements, cut-off times, customs availability, and transit estimates are changeable and require shipment-specific confirmation by our service team.