Hay River / Merlyn Carter (YHY)
Hay River / Merlyn Carter Airport handled 16,351 passengers in 2025, down 1.4% on a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada.
Flights (arrivals + departures) over time
Data Integrity
The most recent periods19 periods
| Period | Flights (arrivals + departures) 2025 | Flights (arrivals + departures) 2026 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 314 | 221 | ▼ 29.6% |
| February | 305 | 299 | ▼ 2.0% |
| March | 300 | 332 | ▲ 10.7% |
| April | 322 | 338 | ▲ 5.0% |
| May | 413 | 493 | ▲ 19.4% |
| June | 471 | 600 | ▲ 27.4% |
| July | 639 | 709 | ▲ 11.0% |
| August | 537 | – | – |
| September | 410 | – | – |
| October | 374 | – | in progress |
| November | 291 | – | – |
| December | 282 | – | – |
| Year to date (Jan–Jul) | 2,764 | 2,992 | ▲ 8.2% |
Passengers over time
Full source coverage · 16 of 18 periods have data
The most recent periods16 periods
16 of 16
| Period | Passengers | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,351 | −1.4% |
| 2024 | 16,581 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 16,538 | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 15,151 | +63.0% |
| 2021 | 9,294 | −49.5% |
| 2020 | 18,420 | −39.7% |
| 2017 | 30,568 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 30,516 | +40.6% |
| 2015 | 21,707 | −12.5% |
| 2014 | 24,803 | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 24,183 | −5.9% |
| 2012 | 25,691 | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 25,054 | −3.3% |
| 2010 | 25,922 | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 25,254 | −3.7% |
| 2008 | 26,222 |
Tonnes of cargo over time
Series ends 2022.
Data Integrity
Short series — Hay River / Merlyn Carter Airport has only 3 years so far. Enough to show the level now, not enough to read a trend.
The most recent periods3 periods
| Period | Tonnes of cargo | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 153 | +196.7% |
| 2021 | 51 | −6.2% |
| 2020 | 55 |
Seasonality · flights (arrivals + departures) by month
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 313 | 328 | 301 | 320 | 603 | 618 | 720 | 572 | 417 | 393 | 261 | 269 |
| 2025 | 314 | 305 | 300 | 322 | 413 | 471 | 639 | 537 | 410 | 374 | 291 | 282 |
| 2026 | 221 | 299 | 332 | 338 | 493 | 600 | 709 |
Series depth 7 years from 2019