Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
international airport servicing Quebec City
Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, also known as Jean Lesage International Airport (French: Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec, or Aéroport de Québec) (IATA: YQB, ICAO: CYQB), is the primary airport serving Quebec City, Canada. Designated as an international airport by Transport Canada, it is located 17 km (10.5 mi) west of the city, in the Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge borough. In 2025, it was the 11th-busiest airport in Canada by number of passengers with 1,819,553 passengers. More than ten airlines offer hundreds of weekly flights to destinations across Canada, the United States, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe.
History
The airport was established in 1939, a year after the closure of the Aérodrome Saint-Louis. Established as a training facility for air observers, the first flight occurred on September 11, 1941. First known as the Aéroport de l'Ancienne Lorette, then the Aéroport de Sainte-Foy, and later the Aéroport de Québec, it was renamed to Aéroport international Jean-Lesage in 1993, in honour of Jean Lesage, the former Premier of Quebec. The airport is managed and operated by Aéroport de Québec inc., a non-profit and non-share corporation.
Beginning in 2006, with a budget of $65.8 million, Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport underwent a modernization designed to increase the terminal's capacity and substantially enhance the level of passenger service. The modernization included reconfiguring the terminal on two levels, restructuring the baggage handling area and arrivals area, and reconfiguring and enlargement of the waiting rooms.
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