Timmins Victor M. Power Airport

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°W
Website	https://www.timmins.ca/our_services/airport
Map
	CYTS Location in Ontario CYTS CYTS (Canada)
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	25,318
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada

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.^{[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]

References

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

[CFS-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

[move-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

[ASN091169-8] "CF-AAL Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

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