Timmins Victor M. Power Airport

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 Victor M. Power Airport
IATA: YTS ICAO: CYTS WMO: 71739
Summary
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
Website	https://www.timmins.ca/our_services/airport
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03/21 6,000 1,829 Asphalt 10/28 4,907 1,496 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 25,318
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

Terminal building

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

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.

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada Express	Toronto–Pearson
Air Creebec	Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Moosonee, Peawanuck
Porter Airlines	Toronto–Billy Bishop[5]
Thunder Airlines	Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Moosonee, Peawanuck[6]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
FedEx Express	Sudbury, Toronto-Pearson
Thunder Airlines	Cargo Charters

Other tenants

• 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

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

• 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

• Timmins/Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
4. Timmins Airport Dedication ^{[dead link]}
5. "Suspension Extension". Porter Airlines. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
6. "Scheduled Flights Serving". Retrieved July 25, 2014.
7. Maintair Aviation Services
8. "CF-AAL Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Timmins Airport from Nav Canada as available.