Timmins Victor M. Power Airport
Timmins Victor M. Power Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | City of Timmins | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Timmins, Ontario | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 968 ft / 295 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°34′14″N 081°22′36″W / 48.57056°N 81.37667°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | https://www.timmins.ca/our_services/airport | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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
[edit]This section needs to be updated.(January 2022) |
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 while connecting these communities to Toronto in the south.
Cargo
[edit]Airlines | Destinations |
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FedEx Express | Sudbury, Toronto-Pearson |
Thunder Airlines | Cargo Charters |
Other tenants
[edit]- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - aerial firefighting unit
- Ornge - air ambulance
- Budget Car Rental - kiosk inside terminal
- Boogys Diner - inside terminal
- Timmins Ultra-Light School
- Maintair Aviation Services - ground handling services[7]
Timmins Flight Service Station
[edit]Timmins Airport is serviced by a flight service station which also provides Remote Airport Advisory Service (RAAS) for the Moosonee (CYMO) and Muskoka (CYQA) airports.
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On 9 November 1969, Douglas C-47B CF-AAL of Austin Airways crashed on approach, killing two of the four people on board. The aircraft was operating a domestic flight from Winisk, Ontario.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
- ^ Timmins Airport Dedication [dead link ]
- ^ "Suspension Extension". Porter Airlines. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "Scheduled Flights Serving". Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ^ Maintair Aviation Services
- ^ "CF-AAL Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Timmins Airport from Nav Canada as available.