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

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
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]

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Timmins/Victor M. Power Airport.

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

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