Timmins Victor M. Power Airport
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| 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′09″N 081°22′39″W / 48.56917°N 81.37750°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.timmins.ca/our_services/airport | ||||||||||||||
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| 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. 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.
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| FedEx Express | Sudbury, Toronto–Pearson |
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[11]
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.[12]
See also
References
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 27 November 2025 to 0901Z 22 January 2026.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Timmins flights still taking off amid Air Canada strike". TimminsToday.com. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ a b c "Extra Porter flight won't be taking off from Timmins". Timmins Today. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ "COVID-19: What you need to know for January 20". 20 January 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ "Air Creebec increasing flights out of Timmins Airport". Northern Ontario Business. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ "Porter Airlines changes heading, ends Sudbury-to-Toronto Island Airport service". Yahoo News. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d e "Spotlight: Sunsets from 20,000 feet: Pilot Marc Morin reflects on Thunder Airlines' 30 years of service". Northern Ontario Business. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ^ Maintair Aviation Services
- ^ "CF-AAL Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 February 2011.