St. Thomas Municipal Airport (Ontario)

St. Thomas Municipal Airport
IATA: YQS ICAO: CYQS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Municipality of St. Thomas
Location	St. Thomas, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	779 ft / 237 m
Coordinates	42°46′12″N 081°06′35″W / 42.77000°N 81.10972°W / 42.77000; -81.10972Coordinates: 42°46′12″N 081°06′35″W / 42.77000°N 81.10972°W / 42.77000; -81.10972
Map
CYQS Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03/21 2,607 795 Asphalt 09/27 5,013 1,528 Asphalt 15/33 2,610 796 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft movements 944
Source: Canada Flight Supplement Movements from Statistics Canada

St. Thomas Municipal Airport, (IATA: YQS, ICAO: CYQS), located 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) east of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada is a small airport serving the general aviation needs of the area. The airport was established in 1941 as an air training base for the British Commonwealth Air Training Program. The base was operated by the Department of National Defence until the late 1940s as a relief field for No. 14 Service Flying Training School Aylmer, Ontario and No. 4 Bombing & Gunnery School Fingal, Ontario. It has a six runways, and four IFR approaches.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.

The airport was purchased by the City of St. Thomas in 1970. The runways were built approximately 2,640 ft (805 m) long, but the main east west runway (09/27) was expanded to 5,050 ft (1,539 m) in 1982.

The airport is in uncontrolled airspace but has a UNICOM operating during working hours on 122.70 MHz.

There is two flight training school's operating out of the airport one for fixed wing and one for helicopter. There are many agricultural aircraft in the summer.