Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport

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John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport
IATA: YHM - ICAO: CYHM
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Tradeport International Corp.
Serves Hamilton, Ontario
Elevation AMSL 780 ft (238 m)
Coordinates 43°10′25″N, 079°56′06″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
12/30 10,000 3,048 Asphalt

John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport or Hamilton International, (IATA: YHM, ICAO: CYHM), is an international airport in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is named for the late John Munro, a Hamilton Member of Parliament and cabinet minister.

The airport is designed for use by large airplanes on overseas flights, and includes a 10,000x200 ft. (3,050x60 m) paved runway with centreline lighting for low-visibility operations, as well as a smaller 6,000x150 ft (1,830x45 m) paved runway. It serves as an alternate and reliever for nearby Toronto Pearson International Airport.

In 2000 WestJet expanded to Canada's eastern region, choosing Hamilton as the airline's eastern region hub, and flying to destinations from Newfoundland to British Columbia. But in April, 2004, WestJet moved its eastern hub from Hamilton to Toronto. While Hamilton retained flights to many destinations, all of the service between Hamilton and Montreal and Ottawa was moved to Toronto. In the wake of the WestJet pullout, CanJet began service to Hamilton in 2003. Then in the spring of 2005, two weeks after Air Canada Jazz announced it would enter the local market with service from Hamilton to Montreal and Ottawa, Canjet announced a complete departure from Hamilton.

The airport also hosts the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.

Flyglobespan, due to commence operations from Hamilton in May 2007, are referring to the airport as Toronto Hamilton International Airport[1].

The airport received notoriety when a chartered Boeing 707 carrying rock band Bon Jovi skidded off the runway in January, 2006.

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[edit] History

The airport was originally built in 1940 as the Mount Hope Airport, a Royal Canadian Air Force base. During World War II, the field hosted two units for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan: first, No.10 Elementary Flying Training School (later moved to RCAF Station Pendleton) using the De Havilland Tiger Moth and Fleet Finch, then No.33 Air Navigation School using the Avro Anson. After the war, the airport gradually shifted towards civil use, until the military ceased using it as a base in 1964.

[edit] Airlines and Non-stop Destinations

  • Air Canada
  • WestJet (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Moncton, Orlando [seasonal], Regina, Vancouver [seasonal], Winnipeg)
  • Flyglobespan (Belfast, Birmingham, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Liverpool, London Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Shannon) [all start May 1, 2007][2]

[edit] Seasonal Charter Flights

  • Sunquest (Cancun, Varadero)
  • Transat Holidays (Cancun, Cayo Coco, Punta Cana)
  • World of Vacations (Cancun, Cayo Coco, Punta Cana)
  • private charter for the Toronto Raptors

[edit] Cargo Operators

[edit] Flight Schools and Charter

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.flyglobespan.com/YHMflights.asp
  2. ^ http://www.flyglobespan.com/YHMflights.asp Globespan flights to Hamilton

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


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