Jean Lesage International Airport
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Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec Jean Lesage International Airport |
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Transport Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Aéroport de Québec Inc. | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Quebec City, Quebec | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Sainte-Foy, Quebec | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 244 ft / 74 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°47′28″N 071°23′36″W / 46.79111°N 71.39333°WCoordinates: 46°47′28″N 071°23′36″W / 46.79111°N 71.39333°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.aeroportdequebec.com | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement
Environment Canada Movements from Statistics Canada Passenger statistics from Aéroport de Québec. |
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| Passengers (2015) | 1,584,713 |
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| Passenger change 14-15 |
 0.6% |
| Aircraft movements (2014) | 112,468 |
| Movements change 13-14 |
 4.9% |
Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, also known as Jean Lesage International Airport (French: Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec, or Aéroport de Québec) (IATA: YQB, ICAO: CYQB) is an international airport located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west southwest of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It is the second busiest passenger airport in Quebec after Montreal-Trudeau and the third busiest airport by aircraft movements in Quebec after Montreal-Trudeau and Montreal-Saint-Hubert, with 1,584,713 passengers in 2015 and 112,468 aircraft movements in 2014. More than 10 airlines offer 360 weekly flights to destinations across Eastern Canada, the United States, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe.
The airport was established in 1939, a year after the closure of the Aérodrome Saint-Louis. 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 has a capacity of 1.4 million passengers annually.
Beginning in 2006, with a budget of $65.8 million, Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport underwent a modernization designed to increase the terminal's capacity and substantially enhance the level of passenger service. The modernization included 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 was provided directly by Aéroport de Québec inc. Completed in June 2008, the new configuration of the airport now enables it to handle 1.4 million passengers a year.
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