Meet Yellowstone Regional Airport
Yellowstone Regional Airport is owned by the City of Cody and operated by the Yellowstone Regional Airport Joint Powers Board. The City of Cody appoints four members to the Board while Park County appoints the other three. Established in 1981, the function of the Joint Powers Board is to plan for the future, and provide the means to operate and safely maintain an aviation facility adequate to the needs of the flying public.
Articles by Yellowstone Regional Airport
Podcast: Yellowstone Regional Airport Update – February 2026
Episode: Yellowstone Regional Airport Update - February 2026Host: Janet Jones, Owner & CEO, Cody JournalGuests: Aaron Buck - Director, Yellowstone Regional Airport Heather Mortensen - Chair, Yellowstone Regional Airport Joint Powers Board Episode Overview In ...
What Will it Take to Bring in a Second Airline to Cody?
Now that Yellowstone Regional Airport is well underway in discussions with Delta Airlines and others as a possible second carrier, it's time to look at what it will take to bring them in. The bottom ...
The Voices of Cody Podcast: Listen to Three Airport Articles
This episode reviews three previous articles on Cody Journal to give the community a better understanding of the issues surrounding the airport's forward progress and what is being done to work toward bringing in a ...
Why Fly Out of Cody?
Yellowstone Regional Airport (YRA) and its advocacy organization, CYAIR, continue to work to improve air service to Cody. In a previous article, we looked at the many factors affecting the efforts to add another airline ...
Airport Seeks Self-Sustainability with Proposed Fuel Station Revenue
The 3 acres in front of Ascension Aviation, Choice Aviation and Cody Coffee, may become Cody's newest fuel station, with an island aimed at smaller vehicles and another island for trucks and RVs. This fuel ...
YRA and CYAIR attend Airline Rendezvous in Jackson
Last week, Yellowstone Regional Airport and CYAIR attended the Jackson Hole Air Improvement Resources' (JH AIR) yearly Airline Rendezvous in Jackson. JH AIR invites airlines that service the Jackson Hole airport and others to experience ...
Cody Airport Takes Action as United Delays Plague Western Travelers
This past week has been rough for those flying on United Airlines throughout the country. Cody has also been affected by the technical glitch that occurred on August 6, which caused the airline to request ...
Yellowstone Regional Airport Navigates Summer Flight Challenges
Despite widespread flight delays affecting airports across the western United States this summer, Yellowstone Regional Airport (YRA) in Cody is taking proactive steps to support passengers and turn adversity into opportunity. Flight delays have become ...
TSA to start enforcing REAL ID requirements
If you or someone you know are planning to fly soon, understand that the TSA plans to begin enforcing REAL ID requirements starting on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. This means every air traveler 18 years ...
What Happened to the 7:00 am Flight?
This question came to Cody Journal after last week's article about the airport. So, we looked into why Cody lost the 7:00 am flight out, and here's what we found out. The current morning flight ...
Airport Works Toward Solutions
Yellowstone Regional Airport has been working to make flying in and out of Cody as easy as possible. In the winter, though, bad weather can cause flight delays. I spent some time with Aaron Buck, ...