Mont-Joli Airport
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Mont-Joli Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is located Script error: No such module "convert". north northwest of Mont-Joli, Quebec, Canada. It is the only airport with scheduled service in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region.
History
World War II
In the summer of 1940 the Royal Canadian Air Force selected a flat area of farmland between Mont-Joli Station (on the Montreal-Halifax Canadian National Railway mainline) and the Saint Lawrence River for a military airfield. Construction on the aerodrome began in October 1941 and was completed by April 1942 at a cost of $200,000. Three paved runways and 50 buildings were constructed for what became known as RCAF Station Mont-Joli.
Inaugurated on April 15, 1942, RCAF Station Mont-Joli was a training base for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and hosted No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School from 15 December 1941 until 14 April 1945.[1] RCAF Station Mont-Joli was used by RCAF Eastern Air Command during the Battle of the St. Lawrence as a coastal patrol base; during 1942–1944, Canadian cargo ships and warships were sunk by German U-boats in an effort to close the Saint Lawrence Seaway off to shipping. Aircraft staging out of Mont-Joli were among those used to ward off U-boats and ensure the safety of shipping to the eastern tip of the Gaspé Peninsula at Cap-Gaspé.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Aerodrome information
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". with a Var. 24 degrees W and elevation of Script error: No such module "convert".. The aerodrome was listed as with three runways as follows:[2]
| Runway name | Length | Width | Surface |
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| 6/24 | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | 4000' paved |
| 16/34 | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | 4000' paved |
| 2/20 | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | 4300' paved |
Post-war (1945–1995)
RCAF Station Mont-Joli was decommissioned by the air force in 1945 and became the property of the Department of Transport (now Transport Canada) on December 15, 1945 for use as a civilian airport.
Current (1995–present)
Its ownership was transferred again in 1995 to the "Régie intermunicipale de l’aéroport régional de Mont-Joli".
It is the busiest airport in eastern Quebec, though still very far from the Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec City and Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal.
In 2007 a second runway (15/33) was opened and runway 06/24 decreased in length from Script error: No such module "convert". to Script error: No such module "convert".. In 2017, runway 06/24 was once again extended to Script error: No such module "convert"., in order to accommodate the B737-800. Sunwing Airlines started flying that aircraft type from Mont-Joli to Punta Cana in December 2017.[3]
Air Canada indefinitely suspended its operations at Mont-Joli Airport in June 2020 due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[4]
Airlines and destinations
References
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- ↑ aeroportmontjoli.com - The Airport
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External links
- Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Mont-Joli Airport from Nav Canada as available.
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