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Airport information for Quebec Airport Country: Canada Location: Quebec Coordinates: 46.45.00N / 071.27.00W IATA Code: YQB Timezone: GMT -5 Direct flights form Quebec Airport Direct flights to Quebec Airport Find connecting flights to Quebec Airport Find connecting flights from Quebec Airport

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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 constituted in 1939, a yr after the closing of the Aérodrome Saint-Louis. It is turn up 6 NM (11 kilometre; 6.9 mi) west southwestward of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. First constituted as a preparation installation for air percipient, the 1st voyage take place on September 11, 1941. It is the 2nd busiest rider airport in Quebec after Montreal-Trudeau airport and the 3rd busiest airport by aircraft motions in Quebec after Montreal-Trudeau and Montreal-Saint-Hubert, with 1,026,090 riders and 125,466 aircraft motions in 2008.

First known as the Aéroport de l'Ancienne Lorette, then the Aéroport de Sainte-Foy, and afterward the Aéroport de Québec, it was renamed to Aéroport international Jean-Lesage in 1993, in honor of the former Premier of Quebec, Jean Lesage.

The airport is bring off and functioned by Aéroport de Québec inc., a non-profit and non-share company. The current depot construction has a capacity of 1.2 million riders each year.

Public transportation system to the airport a few clips a solar day is supplied by RTC jitney 78.

Statistics

In 2008 the airport was the 16th busiest airport by aircraft motions in Canada with a 5.0% increase over 2007.

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Aircraft Movements	142,612	151,650	135,646	116,523	109,180	101,367	109,031	119,271	125,466
Passenger Traffic	672,800	642,800	610,600	628,500	715,100	777,300	779,600	877,000	1,026,090

Airport enlargement

Launched in 2006, with a budget of $65.8 million, Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport underwent a modernisation planned to increase the depot's capacity and considerably raise the stage of rider service. The modernisation included a reconfiguration of the depot on two stages, a reconstituting of the luggage deal area  and arrivals area , as good as a reconfiguration and expansion of the waiting appartment. 54% of the financing was supplied direct by Aéroport de Québec inc. Completed in June 2008, the new form of the airport currently enables it to deal 1.2 million riders a yr.

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