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) was established in 1939, a year after the closure of the Aérodrome Saint-Louis. It is located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west southwest of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. First established as a training facility for air observers, the first flight occurred on September 11, 1941. It is the second busiest passenger airport in Quebec after Montreal-Trudeau airport and the third busiest airport by aircraft movements in Quebec after Montreal-Trudeau and Montreal-Saint-Hubert, with 1,313,432 passengers and 128,748 aircraft movements in 2011.
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.[citation needed]
In 2010 and 2011, the airport was voted Best Regional Airport in North America by Airports Council International’s Airport Service Quality (ASQ) program.
Public transportation to the airport a few times a day is provided by RTC bus 78.
QUEBEC JEAN LESAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LOCATION
QUEBEC JEAN LESAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FACTS
ICAO/IATA: YQB/CYQB
Lat: 46.79109954833984
Long: -71.39330291748047
Elevation: 244 ft.
Runway length available: 06/24 9000×150 ft. :: 12/30 5700×150 ft.
