Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport , French Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, Québec / Jean Lesage International Airport , ( IATA : YQB , ICAO : CYQB ) is a civilian airport located 11 kilometers southwest of the city of Quebec City ( Quebec Province ), Canada .
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| Type of | civil | |||||||||
| A country | Canada | |||||||||
| Location | Quebec | |||||||||
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| Operator | Department of Transportation Canada | |||||||||
| NUM height | +74 m | |||||||||
| Working hours | round the clock | |||||||||
| Site | aeroportdequebec.ca | |||||||||
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| Annual passenger flow | ▲ 1 313 432 people (2011) | |||||||||
The airport was built in 1939 after the closure of the St. Louis airfield and as a training center for pilots. The first flight at Quebec City Airport took place on September 11, 1941. Initially, it was called “L'Anciennes-Lorrett Airport”, then “Santa Foy Airport”, later “Quebec Airport” and, finally, in 1993 it was renamed “Jean Lesage International Airport” in honor of the former Prime Minister of the Province of Quebec .
Currently, the Les Lesage International Airport is the second commercial airport in the province of Quebec in terms of number of take-offs / landings, behind the Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport , and the third largest passenger airport in the province after Montreal (Trudeau) and Montreal / Saint-Hubert Airport . According to the results of 2008, 1,026,090 passengers took advantage of the services of Jean Lesage International Airport , and 125,466 take-offs and landings were performed. The currently operating passenger terminal has a maximum throughput of 1.2 million passengers per year.
The airport is owned and operated by the non-public and non-authorized entity Aéroport de Québec inc.
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Statistics
In 2008, Jean Lesage International Airport was included in the list of 16 busiest airports in Canada in terms of the number of take-offs and landings of aircraft per year. [one]
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
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| Number of take-offs / landings [1] [5] | 142,612 | 151,650 | 135 646 | 116 523 | 109 180 | 101 367 | 109,031 | 119 271 | 125 512 | 128,890 | 126 856 | 128,748 | |
| Passenger traffic [2] [6] [7] | 672 800 | 642,800 | 610 600 | 628,500 | 715 100 | 777 300 | 779 600 | 877,000 | 1,026,090 | 1,035,026 | 1,190,088 | 1 313 432 |
Airport Extension
In 2006, an airport reconstruction and modernization program was launched with a total budget of $ 62.8 million, aimed primarily at increasing the maximum throughput of the airport terminal and increasing the level of passenger service. The project included the restructuring of two levels of the passenger terminal, the reconstruction of baggage claim halls and the arrival area of passengers, as well as the reorganization and expansion of the departure waiting area. The construction work on the project was completed in June 2008, the new airport infrastructure currently allows serving up to 1.2 million passengers a year.
Airlines and flight directions
At the Jean Lesage International Airport, there are more than ten airlines operating more than three hundred scheduled flights per week to airports in North America , South America and Europe .
| Airline | Destinations |
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| Air canada jazz | Gaspe, Magdalen Islands, Montreal (Trudeau), Ottawa, Set Ile, Toronto (Pearson) |
| Air creebec | Alma, Bagotville, Be-James, Montreal (Trudeau), Val d'Or |
| Air inuit | Schefferville, Be-James, Cuzhuak, Montreal (Trudeau), Kuaktak |
| Skyjet | business operations |
| Air labrador | Baie-Como, Moncton, Royne-Noranda, Set-Ile, St. Johns, Val d'Or, Ouabush |
| Aeropro | Farmindale, Montreal (Trudeau), Ottawa, St. John, Set-Ile (charters) |
| Air satellite | Baie-Como, Le Havre (St. Pierre), Rune (Noranda), Rimuski, Saint-Ильle |
| Air transat | Cancun, Fort Lauderdale, Holgun, Paris (Charles de Gaulle), Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Santa Clara, Varadero (seasonal) |
| Canjet | Cancun, Fort Lauderdale, La Romana, Montego Bay, Orlando, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Santa Clara, Varadero (charters) |
| Continental express operated by Chautauqua Airlines | Cleveland (Seasonal) |
| Continental express operated by ExpressJet Airlines | Newark |
| Corsairfly | Nantes (seasonal), Paris (Orly) (seasonal) |
| Hydro-québec | Bagotville, Montreal (Trudeau) |
| Nolinor aviation | Montreal (Trudeau) (charters) |
| Northwest airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines | Detroit |
| Pascan aviation | Be Como, Bonaventure, Magdalen Islands, Mont Jolie, Montreal / Saint-Hubert, Ottawa (charter), Set-Ile |
| Porter airlines | Halifax (seasonal), Toronto (City Center) |
| Sunwing airlines | Camaguey, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Cancun, Kholgun, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Samana, Varadero (seasonal) |
| United express performed by SkyWest Airlines | Chicago (O'Hara) |
| Voyageur airways | Mont-Tremblant (charter) |
| Westjet | Toronto (Pearson) |
Cargo Airlines
| Airline | Destinations |
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| Air Georgian | Montreal (Mirabelle) |
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| Skylink aviation | Montreal (Mirabelle) |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Total aircraft movements by class of operation - NAV CANADA towers
- ↑ 1 2 2008 Passenger Statistics
- ↑ https://www.aeroportdequebec.com/fr
- ↑ https://www.aeroportdequebec.com/en/about/company/history
- ↑ TP577 - Aircraft Movement Statistics Annual Report. Transport Canada 2004
- ↑ Passenger statistics. Aeroport de Quebec (2000-2006)
- ↑ Passenger statistics. Aeroport de Quebec (2007) (unreachable link) . Date of treatment July 14, 2009. Archived January 6, 2009.