Timmins Airport

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Timmins Airport
Timmins Victor M. Power Airport

IATA: YTS – ICAO: CYTS
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Timmins, Ontario
Coordinates 48°34′11″N 081°22′36″W / 48.56972, -81.37667
Website portal.timmins.ca/airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
10/28 4,903 1,494 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft Movements 26,576
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Statistics from Transport Canada.[2]
Terminal building
Terminal building

Timmins Airport, (IATA: YTS, ICAO: CYTS), is located 6 nautical miles (11.1 km) north-northwest of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. The airport serves both scheduled passenger and cargo flights and general aviation, including air ambulance (MEDEVAC), forest-fire fighting, and flight training.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.[1]

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[edit] New Name

On Thursday, May 31, 2007, the Corporation of the City of Timmins renamed the Timmins Airport, the "Timmins Victor M. Power Airport" in honor of the former mayor.[3]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Timmins Airport handles approximately 150,000 passengers per year, and acts as a mini hub with flights to many small communities in north-central Ontario.

[edit] Timmins Flight Service Station

Timmins Airport is serviced by a Flight Service Station and also provides Remote Airport Advisory Service (RAAS) for the Moosonee (CYMO) and Muskoka (CYQA) airports.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 10 April 2008 to 0901Z 5 June 2008
  2. ^ Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report 2007
  3. ^ Timmins Airport Dedication
  4. ^ Air Creebec

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