Mont-Joli Airport

Mont-Joli Airport
IATA: YYY – ICAO: CYYY – WMO: 71718
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Régie Intermunicipale
Location		Mont-Joli, Quebec
Elevation AMSL		172 ft / 52 m
Coordinates		48°36′32″N 068°12′29″W
Website		aeroportmontjoli.com
Map
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Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
06/24	6,000	1,829	Asphalt
15/33	3,954	1,205	Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements			5,798
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement Environment Canada Movements from Statistics Canada

Mont-Joli Airport (IATA: YYY, ICAO: CYYY) is located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) north northwest of Mont-Joli, Quebec, Canada. It is the only airport with scheduled service in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.

History

Apron, terminal, and control tower

World War II plane in operation at Mont-Joli Airport

World War II

In the summer of 1940 the Royal Canadian Air Force selected a flat area of farmland between Mont-Joli Station (on the Montreal-Halifax Canadian National Railway mainline) and the Saint Lawrence River for a military airfield. Construction on the aerodrome began in October 1941 and was completed by April 1942 at a cost of $200,000. Three paved runways and 50 buildings were constructed for what became known as RCAF Station Mont-Joli.

Inaugurated on April 15, 1942, RCAF Station Mont-Joli was a training base for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and hosted No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School from 15 December 1941 until 14 April 1945. RCAF Station Mont-Joli was used by RCAF Eastern Air Command during the Battle of the St. Lawrence as a coastal patrol base; during 1942–1944, Canadian cargo ships and warships were sunk by German U-boats in an effort to close the Saint Lawrence Seaway off to shipping. Aircraft staging out of Mont-Joli were among those used to ward off U-boats and ensure the safety of shipping to the eastern tip of the Gaspé Peninsula at Cap-Gaspé.^{[citation needed]}

Aerodrome information

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 48°36′N 68°12′W with a Var. 24 degrees W and elevation of 100 feet (30 m). The aerodrome was listed as with three runways as follows:

Runway Name	Length	Width	Surface
6/24	5,000 feet (1,524 m)	150 feet (46 m)	4000' paved
16/34	4,600 feet (1,402 m)	150 feet (46 m)	4000' paved
2/20	5,000 feet (1,524 m)	150 feet (46 m)	4300' paved

Post war (1945–1995)

RCAF Station Mont-Joli was decommissioned by the air force in 1945 and became the property of the Department of Transport (now Transport Canada) on December 15, 1945 for use as a civilian airport.

Current (1995–present)

Its ownership was transferred again in 1995 to the "Régie intermunicipale de l’aéroport régional de Mont-Joli". It is the busiest airport in eastern Quebec, though still very far from the Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec City and Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal.

In 2007 a second runway (15/33) was opened and runway 06/24 decreased in length from 6,000 ft (1,829 m) to 5,000 ft (1,524 m). In 2017, runway 06/24 was once again extended to 6,000 ft (1,829 m), in order to accommodate the B737-800. Sunwing Airlines started flying that aircraft type from Mont-Joli to Punta Cana in December 2017.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations 
Air Canada Express	Baie-Comeau, Montreal-Trudeau
Air Inuit	Seasonal charter: Port-Menier, Quebec City, Montreal-Trudeau
Air Liaison	Baie-Comeau, Havre Saint-Pierre, Quebec City, Sept-Îles, Wabush
Chrono Aviation	Seasonal charter: Port-Menier
PAL Airlines	Halifax, Wabush
Pascan Aviation	Bagotville, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Montréal-Saint-Hubert, Quebec City, Sept-Îles, Wabush
Sunwing Airlines	Seasonal: Varadero

External links

• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Mont-Joli Airport from Nav Canada as available.