Fredericton International Airport

Fredericton International Airport
IATA: YFC – ICAO: CYFC
– WMO: 71700
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Transport Canada
Operator Greater Fredericton Airport Authority
Serves Fredericton, New Brunswick
Location Lincoln, New Brunswick
Time zone AST (UTC−04:00)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL 67 ft / 20 m
Coordinates 45°52′08″N 066°32′14″W / 45.86889°N 66.53722°W / 45.86889; -66.53722Coordinates: 45°52′08″N 066°32′14″W / 45.86889°N 66.53722°W / 45.86889; -66.53722
Website www.frederictonairport.ca/
Map
CYFC
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
09/27 8,005 2,440 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft movements 121,602
Passengers 350,000
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada[3]
Passengers from Fredericton International Airport[4]

Fredericton International Airport (IATA: YFC, ICAO: CYFC) is an airport in Lincoln, New Brunswick, Canada, 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) southeast[1] of Fredericton.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with no more than 55 passengers or 140 if offloaded in stages.[1]

Part of the National Airports System, the airport is owned by Transport Canada and operated by the Greater Fredericton Airport Authority.

The airport has two runways and is the second busiest airport in New Brunswick in terms of passenger levels, after the Greater Moncton International Airport. In 2007 the airport handled 267,511 passengers and in 2008 the airport went from 34,078 aircraft movements to 73,330, an increase of 115%, prompting Nav Canada to provide a control tower in 2009/2010.[5] In 2009 the airport saw the number of movements rise by 44.8% to 106,178 making it the 19th busiest in Canada and the only one in the top twenty without air traffic control during the year.[6]

Fredericton was designated an international airport in 2007 by Transport Canada.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Canada Express Halifax, Montreal–Trudeau, Ottawa, Toronto–Pearson
Air Transat St. John's
Seasonal: Cancún, Puerto Plata (begins March 15, 2017),[7] Punta Cana (begins March 15, 2017)[7]
Sunwing Airlines Seasonal: Varadero, Holguín
WestJet Encore Toronto–Pearson

Facilities

The airport has its own fire suppression to handle aircraft related emergency calls.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
  2. ↑ "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Archived from the original on 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  3. ↑ "Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers". Statcan.gc.ca. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  4. ↑ Airport sees record passenger traffic in 2010
  5. ↑ Airport to get its own tower
  6. ↑ "Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations". Statcan.gc.ca. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  7. 1 2 "airtransat Adds New Fredericton-Dominican Republic route from March 2017". AirlineRoute. Retrieved July 13, 2016.

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