Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport

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Quebec/Jean Lesage International Airport^[1] Aéroport international Jean-Lesage Jean-Lesage International Airport
IATA: YQB – ICAO: CYQB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Transport Canada^[2]
Operator		Aéroport de Québec Inc.
Serves		Quebec City, Quebec
Location		Sainte-Foy, Quebec
Elevation AMSL		244 ft / 74 m
Coordinates		46°47′28″N, 71°23′36″W
Website		www.aeroportdequebec.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
06/24	9,000	2,743	Asphalt
12/30	5,700	1,870	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft Movements			109,021
Passenger Traffic			779,600
Aircraft statistics from Transport Canada.^[3] Passenger statistics from Aeroport de Quebec.^[4]

Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport or Jean Lesage International Airport (IATA: YQB, ICAO: CYQB) was established in 1939, a year after the closure of the Aérodrome Saint-Louis. It is located 6 nautical miles (11.1 km) west southwest of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. First established as a training facility for air observers, the first flight occurred on September 11, 1941.

First known as the Aéroport de l'Ancienne Lorette, then the Aéroport de Sainte-Foy, and later the Aéroport de Québec, it was renamed to Aéroport international Jean-Lesage in 1993, in honour of the former Premier of Quebec, Jean Lesage.

The airport is managed and operated by Aéroport de Québec inc., a non-profit and non-share corporation. The current terminal building, built in 1957, has a capacity of 800,000 passengers annually.

1 Statistics
2 Future expansion
3 Airlines and destinations
4 Cargo
5 New routes
6 See also
7 External links
8 References

[edit] Statistics

In 2006 the airport was the 14th busiest airport by aircraft movements in Canada with a 7.6% increase over 2005.

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Aircraft Movements^[5]^[3]	142,612	151,650	135,646	116,523	109,180	101,367	109,021
Passenger Traffic^[4]	672,800	642,800	610,600	628,500	715,100	777,300	779,600

[edit] Future expansion

Launched in 2006, with a budget of 65.8 million $, Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport is undergoing a modernization designed to increase the terminal's capacity and substantially enhance the level of passenger service. The modernization includes a reconfiguration of the terminal on 2 levels, a restructuring of the baggage handling area and arrivals area, as well as a reconfiguration and enlargement of the waiting rooms. 54% of the financing is provided directly by Aéroport de Québec inc. Once completed in 2008, the new configuration of the airport will enable it to handle 1.2 million passengers a year.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

More than 10 airlines offer over 300 weekly flights from Jean Lesage International Airport to many North American, South American and European destinations.

AeroMexico (Mexico City) [charter]
Aeropro (Farmingdale, Montréal-St-Hubert, Ottawa-Gatineau, Saint-John, Sept-Îles) [charter]
Air Canada
- Air Canada Jazz (Gaspé, Magdalen Islands, Montréal, Ottawa, Sept-Îles, Toronto-Pearson)
Air Creebec (Alma, Bagotville, Baie-James, Montréal, Nemiscau, Val-d'Or)
Air Inuit (Schefferville, Baie James, Kuujjuaq, Kangirsuk, Montréal, Quaqtaq, Kangiqsujuaq)
Air Labrador (Baie-Comeau, Montréal, Moncton, Rouyn-Noranda, Sept-Îles, St-John's, Val-d'Or, Wabush)
Air Satellite (Baie-Comeau, Havre-St-Pierre, Rouyn-Noranda, Rimouski, Sept-Îles)
Air Transat (Cancun, Cayo Coco, Fort Lauderdale, Holguín, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Santa Clara/Cayo Santa Maria, Varadero)
CanJet (Cancun, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Montego Bay, Orlando, Punta Cana, Varadero) [charter]
Continental Airlines
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland [begins June 8, 2007], Newark)
Delta Air Lines
- Delta Connection operated by Comair (Boston)
Hydro-Québec (Bagotville, Montréal)
Nolinor Aviation (Montréal) [charter]
Northwest Airlines
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit)
Pascan Aviation (Alma, Bagotville, Bonaventure, Mont-Joli, Montréal, Ottawa) [charter]
Skyservice (Cancun)
Sunwing Airlines (Holguín, La Romana, Panama City, Varadero)
Voyageur Airways (Edmundston, Mont-Tremblant) [charter]
Zoom Airlines (Puerto Plata, Varadero)

[edit] Cargo

Air Georgian (Montréal)
FedEx Express
- Morningstar Air Express (Montréal)
Skylink Aviation (Montréal)

[edit] New routes

Quebec City Airport plans to add Chicago to its network of destinations in the near future. The other cities that YQB wants to add to its destinations are Washington and Philadelphia, and if it goes well there is a possibility to open routes to Atlanta and Miami. Recently Quebec City airport director confirmed a rumor that Continental will start a new route to Cleveland on June 8th.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Homepage

[edit] References

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 March 2007 to 0901Z 10 May 2007.
^ Airport Divestiture Status Report
^ ^a ^b Transport Canada TP 1496 - Preliminary aircraft statistics 2006
^ ^a ^b Passenger statistics. Aeroport de Quebec
^ TP577 - Aircraft Movement Statistics Annual Report. Transport Canada 2005

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