Quebec Airport
| Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport  |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | CYQB |
| IATA code | YQB |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 74 m (243 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 14 km west of Quebec |
| Street | A 40 / A 573 |
| Local transport |
Bus : RTC Route 78 |
| Basic data | |
| opening | September 11, 1941 |
| operator | Aéroport de Québec Inc. |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 1,774,871 (2018) |
| Flight movements |
87,255 (2017) |
| Runways | |
| 06/24 | 2743 m × 46 m asphalt |
| 12/30 | 1737 m × 46 m asphalt |
The Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec or Québec Airport, English Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, is an international airport in the city of Québec in Canada .
The airport is located 14 kilometers west of the city center in the Arrondissement of Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge , near the city of L'Ancienne-Lorette . It is named after Jean Lesage , the former Prime Minister of the Province of Québec .
history
In 1929 the city of Québec received its first airfield, on the site of today's university hospital. This only existed for ten years and was used, among other things, for mail flights to and from Montreal . Immediately after the outbreak of the Second World War , construction work began at the current location in order to be able to train flight observers. The Royal Canadian Air Force built a hangar. The first military flight took place on September 11, 1941, and in 1943 the Canadian Pacific Air Lines began operating civilian flights . At the end of the war, the Ministry of Defense transferred responsibility for the airport to the Ministry of Transport .
After the commissioning of the first terminal in December 1954, the construction of ramps and loading areas followed. From 1957, Quebec was also served by Trans-Canada Air Lines (now Air Canada ) and Quebecair . In 1959, the airport received an instrument landing system , an approach lighting system , a radar system and a system for air traffic control . After the airport was first approached by jet aircraft in 1964 , a strong growth phase began. In 1973, this made it necessary to rebuild the terminal and to extend the runway twice in 1974 and 1979. In 1981 a new access road was built and the terminal was expanded from 1982 to 1984. In 1993 the airport was given its current name. In 1997, a new tower and air traffic control center were opened by Nav Canada . On November 1, 2000, the Department of Transportation transferred the management of the non-profit company Aéroport de Québec Inc. for a period of 60 years.
Starting in 2006, the airport was comprehensively modernized at a cost of 65.8 million CAD in order to increase capacity and substantially expand the range of services for passengers. The modernization included the redesign of the terminal, the restructuring of baggage handling and the arrival area as well as the expansion of the waiting areas. The work was completed in June 2008, in time for the 400th anniversary celebrations of the city of Québec. The modernization soon proved to be inadequate, as the number of passengers rose much faster than originally assumed. In July 2011, a CAD 225 million expansion program began. The size of the terminal will be doubled, and work will also be carried out on the taxiways and de-icing systems.
Airlines and Destinations
- Air Canada : Gaspé , Magdalene Islands , Montreal-Trudeau , Ottawa , Toronto-Pearson , Sept-Îles
- Air Inuit : Montreal-Trudeau, Salluit (via Schefferville , Kuujjuaq , Kangirsuk , Quaqtaq and Kangiqsujuaq ), Sept-Îles (via Schefferville)
- Air Liaison : Mont-Joli (via Baie-Comeau ), Montreal-Trudeau, Rouyn-Noranda , Sept-Îles, Wabush (via Havre-Saint-Pierre )
- Air Transat : Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle and various Caribbean destinations (seasonal)
- Canadian North : Miami (Seasonal)
- Delta Connection : New York-John-F.-Kennedy
- Pascan Aviation : Bonaventure , Montreal / Saint-Hubert , Mont-Joli, Wabush
- Porter Airlines : Montreal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Toronto-City
- Provincial Airlines : Montreal-Trudeau, Wabush (via Sept-Îles)
- Sunwings Airlines : various seasonal destinations (mainly in Mexico and the Caribbean)
- United Express : Chicago O'Hare , New York-Newark
- US Airways Express : Philadelphia International Airport
- Westjet Airlines : Toronto-Pearson
- Remarks
- ↑ All flights operated by Jazz Aviation .
- ↑ carried out by Shuttle America
- ↑ a b carried out by ExpressJet
- ↑ operated by Mesa Airlines
- ↑ carried out by Air Wisconsin
Traffic figures
| year | Passenger volume | Flight movements |
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| 2018 | 1,774,871 | |
| 2017 | 1,670,880 | 87,255 |
| 2016 | 1,615,750 | 79,674 |
| 2015 | 1,584,713 | 78,526 |
| 2014 | 1,574,699 | 81,175 |
| 2013 | 1,475,717 | 87,265 |
| 2012 | 1,342,840 | 95,438 |
| 2011 | 1,313,432 | 90.126 |
| 2010 | 1,190,088 | 96.273 |
| 2009 | 1,035,026 | 91,715 |
| 2008 | 1,022,862 | 91,890 |
| 2007 | 877.274 | 119,441 |
| 2006 | 779,587 | 109.021 |
| 2005 | 771.043 | 101,354 |
| 2004 | 711.323 | 109.161 |
| 2003 | 625.980 | 116,515 |
| 2002 | 607.920 | 135.233 |
- ↑ From 2013, general aviation will also be taken into account in the number of passengers .
Incidents
- On September 9, 1949, a Douglas DC-3 (C-47) of the Canadian Pacific Air Lines ( aircraft registration CF-CUA ) crashed as a result of a bomb explosion. The machine was on the flight from Montreal to Baie-Comeau . All 23 people on board were killed. The bomb was brought on board during a stopover at Québec Airport (see also Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108 ) .
- On March 29, 1979, a set with 21 passengers and three crew members crashed Fairchild F-27 of quebecair (CF QBL) following an engine explosion shortly after takeoff in Quebec from. The crew and 14 passengers were killed in the crash (see also Quebecair flight 255 ) .
Web links
- Airport website (English, French)
- Airport data from World Aero Data (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c History. Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec, accessed on April 30, 2018 (English).
- ↑ a b c Statistics. Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec, accessed on July 14, 2019 (English).
- ↑ a b North America Airport Rankings. (No longer available online.) ACI-NA.org , archived from the original on September 6, 2018 ; accessed on November 2, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Alexandre T. Analis: L'aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec monte en puissance. (No longer available online.) Commerce international, October 7, 2009, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved on August 6, 2015 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Paul Journet: L'aéroport de Québec s'agrandit. La Presse , July 4, 2011, accessed August 6, 2015 (French).
- ↑ Spring 2015 flight plan
- ^ Accident report DC-3 CF-CUA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 30, 2017.
- ^ Aviation Safety Network, Quebecair Flight 255 aviation-safety.net
