Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport

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Quebec/Jean Lesage International Airport Aéroport international Jean-Lesage Jean-Lesage International Airport
IATA: YQB - ICAO: CYQB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Aéroport de Québec Inc.
Serves		Quebec City
Elevation AMSL		244 ft (74 m)
Coordinates		46°47′28″N, 71°23′36″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
06/24	9,000	2,743	Asphalt
12/30	5,700	1,870	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Number of Passengers			771,000
Aircraft Movements			101,367

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 airport handled 771,000 passengers and 101,367 aircraft movements in 2005. The current terminal building, built in 1957, has a capacity of 800,000 passengers annually.

1 Future expansion
2 Operator
3 Airlines and destinations
4 Cargo
5 See also
6 External links
7 References

[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] Operator

Aéroport de Québec, Inc
Address: 500 avenue Principale, Québec, Québec, Canada, G2G 2T9
Telephone: (418) 640-2700
Fax: (418) 640-2656
Email: aeroportdequebec@aeroportdequebec.com

[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.

[edit] International flights

Boarding gates no. 6-A, 8-A, 9, 10-A, 11

AeroMexico (Mexico City) [charter]
Air Maëstro
- operated by Skyservice (Acapulco, Cayo Coco, Holguín, Fort-de-France, Panama city, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pointe-à-Pitre, Porlamar, Punta Cana, San Andres Island, Samana, Santa Clara/Cayo Santa Maria, Santo Domingo, Varadero) [starts december 19, 2006]
Air Transat (Cancun, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Holguín, Montego Bay, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Santa Clara/Cayo Santa Maria, Varadero)
CanJet (Cancun, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Montego Bay, Punta Cana, Varadero)[1]
Sunwing Airlines (Holguín, La Romana, Panama City, Varadero) [starts december 19, 2006]
Zoom Airlines (Puerto Plata, Varadero)

[edit] Transborder flights

Boarding gates no. 7, 8-B, 10-B

Air Maëstro
- operated by Skyservice (Fort Lauderdale) [starts december 19, 2006]
Air Transat (Fort Lauderdale)
CanJet (Orlando)[2]
Continental Airlines
- Continental Express, operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Newark)
Delta Air Lines
- Delta Connection, operated by Comair (Boston)
Northwest Airlines
- Northwest Airlink, operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit)

[edit] Domestic flights

Boarding gates no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-B

Aeropro (Farmingdale, Montréal-St-Hubert, Ottawa-Gatineau, Saint-John, Sept-Îles) Charter flights
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)
Hydro-Québec (Bagotville, Montréal)
Nolinor (Montréal) Charter flights
Pascan Aviation (Alma, Bagotville, Bonaventure, Mont-Joli, Montréal, Ottawa) Charter flights
Voyageur Airways (Edmundston, Mont-Tremblant) Charter flights

[edit] Cargo

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

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Homepage (English)
World Aero Data airport information for CYQB

[edit] References

Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 23 November 2006 to 0901Z 18 January 2007.

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