Timmins/Victor M. Power Airport

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 / 48.57056°N 81.37667°WCoordinates: 48°34′14″N 081°22′36″W / 48.57056°N 81.37667°W
Website
Map
CYTS Location in Ontario
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 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. 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.

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada Express	Toronto–Pearson
Air Creebec	Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Moosonee, Peawanuck[5]
Bearskin Airlines	Kapuskasing, North Bay, Sudbury, Thunder Bay
Porter Airlines	North Bay,[6] Toronto–Billy Bishop
Thunder Airlines	Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Moosonee, Peawanuck[7]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
FedEx Express operated by Morningstar Air Express	Sudbury, Toronto-Pearson
Air Creebec Cargo	Cargo Charters

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.^[8]

See also

• Timmins/Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
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
6. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/porter-airlines-extends-ontario-north-171336884.html
7. "Scheduled Flights Serving". Retrieved July 25, 2014.
8. "CF-AAL Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

External links

• Timmins Airport web site

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