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Mont-Tremblant International Airport

Canadian airport

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ778990 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mont-Tremblant International Airport (IATA: YTM, ICAO: CYFJ) (officially La Macaza – Mont-Tremblant International and formerly Rivière Rouge – Mont-Tremblant International Airport) is a single runway airport located in the township of La Macaza, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) north of the village, about 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) north of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.

History

The airport was completed in 1962 for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) by Boeing to military specifications, as an RCAF emergency landing field, with a runway of 6,000 ft (1,829 m). It became home to 447 SAM Squadron, armed with 29 nuclear tipped CIM-10 Bomarc missiles. After 1968 the station became CFB La Macaza and closed as an active base in 1972 following the removal of the Bomarc missiles. The area that was used for the Bomarc launchers was converted into the La Macaza Institution, a federal penitentiary operated by the Correctional Service of Canada, in 1978.

It was converted to be a civilian airport, and then turned into an international airport in 2000 despite a referendum held in the region in which the citizens of La Macaza opposed the project.

In December 2007, Continental Airlines began seasonal service to its Newark hub.

The airport was served during the ski season and summer months by Porter Airlines until 2022 and between December and March by Air Canada until 2019.

Facilities

The airport consists of a small chalet-style terminal building along the east side of the runway and south of the prison facility. There are no hangars for aircraft storage.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mont-Tremblant International Airport” as canadian airport. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1962, 1968, 1972, 1978—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Mont-Tremblant, International and Airport can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as canadian airport. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q778990. Authority coordinates are 46.409, -74.780. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1962, 1968, 1972 and 1978.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Mont-Tremblant International Airport” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.