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[9]
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.[10]
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
- ^ "Toronto, ON, Canada YTO". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 27 (1). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 1156–1162. July 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
- ^ "Toronto, ON, Canada YTO". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 27 (1). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 1156–1162. July 2025. ISSN 1466-8718. OCLC 41608313.
- ^ "Suspension Extension". Porter Airlines. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "Scheduled Flights Serving". Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ^ Maintair Aviation Services
- ^ "CF-AAL Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
External links
- Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Timmins Airport from Nav Canada as available.