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Timmins Victor M. Power Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesTimmins, Ontario
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL968 ft / 295 m
Websiteportal.timmins.ca/airport
Map
CYTS is located in Ontario
CYTS
CYTS
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
10/28 4,907 1,496 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements25,318
Terminal building

Timmins Victor M. Power Airport, (IATA: YTS, ICAO: CYTS), is located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) 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]

Timmins Airport was first opened in 1955 following lobbying by the board of the Timmins Chamber of Commerce.[citation needed] On May 31, 2007, the airport was renamed in honour of the city's former mayor Victor M. Power.[4]

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.

AirlinesDestinations
Air Canada Express operated by Jazz Air Toronto-Pearson
Air Creebec Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Moosonee, Peawanuck[5]
Bearskin Airlines Kapuskasing, Sudbury, Thunder Bay
Porter Airlines Toronto-Billy Bishop
Thunder Airlines Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Moosonee[6]

Other tenants

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.

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
  4. ^ Timmins Airport Dedication[dead link]
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ "Thunder Airlines Scheduled Flights Serving Timmins and the James Bay Coast". Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  7. ^ "CF-AAL Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

External links

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