QUéBEC CITY JEAN LESAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Overview Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport

Inside the airport terminal

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 Jean Lesage, the former Premier of Quebec.

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 two levels, a restructuring of the baggage handling area and arrivals area, as well as a reconfiguration and enlargement of the waiting rooms. Fifty-four percent 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.

Facilities Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport

Infrastructure

YQB International Airport receives a wide variety of long-, mid- and short-haul aircraft. The airport has two runways. Its longest runway northeast-southwesterly direction is 06/24, having a length of 9,000 by 150 ft (2,743 by 46 m). Runway 24 is YQB's main approach pattern equipped with Area navigation (RNAV), required navigation performance (RNP) and non-directional beacon (NDB) approach. Runway 06 has the same approaches with the addition of an instrument landing system (ILS).

There are seven taxiways, Alpha (connecting the main apron with runway 24), Bravo (connecting the main apron with runway 29), Charlie, Delta (parallel to the 06/24), Echo (connecting the main apron with runway 24), Golf (which links Delta to the threshold of runway 06) and Hotel (between Golf and runway 11/29). The airport aprons can accommodate light to large aircraft (12 aerobridge and 9 remote) simultaneously and is designed to accommodate wide-body jet airliners as large as the Boeing 747-400. YQB doesn't have a Visual Docking Guidance System (VDGS) or Parallax Aircraft Parking Aid (PAPA), all stands are assisted by ground operations using marshalling wands–handheld illuminated beacons.Ramp 3 is where all the flight schools and private airlines are located. Chrono Aviation, Skyjet/Air Liaison, Orizon Aviation, CFAQ, Strait Air and Avjet/TSAS are the main users of this apron.

Transfer Safe and Sound to The City Centre:

Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport

Bus: The local public transport company, Réseau du Transport de la Capitale (RTC), connects Quebec Airport with downtown Quebec City.

Taxi: Transfer to downtown Quebec by taxi within 25 minutes.

Transfers: Book your transfer to and from the Airport.

Car rental: In order to freely explore Quebec region, at Quebec Airport you may encounter plenty of options to rent a car. You can also check our search engine!

Services Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport

• Information booth
• Currency exchange
• Children’s play area
• Duty free stores
• Food, drink and retail concessions
• Breastfeeding area
• Family zone
• ATMs
• Lost & found
• Free Wi-Fi

Quebec City, in French la Ville de Québec, is the capital city of the province of Quebec in Canada. It was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain, being one of the oldest cities in North America.

The remains of the ramparts surrounding the Old Quebec town aside from being the only fortified city walls that remains in North America, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985 as part of the Historic District of Old Quebec.

While your visit in Quebec City you shouldn’t miss La Citadelle, which is part of the old city, the Château Frontenac, the Parilament of Quebec, la Place-Royale, the Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Shrineand also the Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge. An interesting trip is to jump into the funiculaire in order to move between the upper and lower sites of the Old Town, you’ll get magnificent views! Also by taking the ferry, you’ll be able to get to Lévis riverside with also nice views of the Château Frontenac and the Lower Old Town, located in the opposite riverside

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