Timmins/Victor M. Power Airport
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| IATA: YTS – ICAO: CYTS – WMO: 71739 |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Timmins, Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 968 ft / 295 m | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | [1] | ||||||||||||||
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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.
No longer a point of entry. No customs available. [4]
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.[5]
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Airlines and destinations
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.
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| FedEx Express operated by Morningstar Air Express |
Sudbury, Toronto-Pearson |
Other tenants
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources aerial firefighting crews
- Ornge
- Budget Car Rental - kiosk inside terminal
- Boogys Diner - inside terminal
- Timmins Ultra-Light School
Timmins Flight Service Station
Timmins Airport is serviced by a Flight Service Station and also provides Remote Airport Advisory Service (RAAS) for the Moosonee (CYMO) and Muskoka (CYQA) airports.
Accidents and incidents
- 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.[9]
See also
References
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- Timmins Airport web site
- Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Timmins Airport from Nav Canada as available.
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- ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
- ↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
- ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
- ↑ Canada Flight Supplement (CFS)
- ↑ Timmins Airport Dedication Archived July 6, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/porter-airlines-extends-ontario-north-171336884.html
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