Chicoutimi/Saint-Honoré Aerodrome

Chicoutimi/Saint-Honoré Aerodrome
NAV CANADA control tower at Saint-Honore.
IATA: none ICAO: CYRC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Transports Québec
Serves	Chicoutimi, Quebec
Location	Saint-Honoré, Quebec
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	543 ft / 166 m
Coordinates	48°31′15″N 071°03′02″W
Map
CYRC Location in Quebec
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 3,734 1,138 Asphalt 12/30 6,085 1,855 Asphalt 18/36 3,597 1,096 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft Movements 69,167
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement Movements from Statistics Canada

Chicoutimi/Saint-Honoré Aerodrome (ICAO: CYRC), is located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) east southeast of Saint-Honoré and approximately 5.6 nautical miles (10.4 km; 6.4 mi) from Chicoutimi in Quebec, Canada.

History

The site, north of the Saguenay River, was selected by the Royal Canadian Air Force in the summer of 1941 and construction began shortly thereafter with the aerodrome opening in June 1942 as RCAF Station St-Honoré. It was operated as a sub-base to RCAF Station Bagotville and supported pilot training during the Second World War under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. It was closed on January 5, 1945 and was subsequently transferred to the local community after it ceased to have a military purpose; RCAF Station Bagotville was reactivated in 1951 as a training and operational base and continues to this day as CFB Bagotville.

External links

• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory