Thunder BayThunder Bay Airport Information
Thunder Bay International Airport (IATA code YQT) is an airport in the Canadian city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. With 96,369 aircraft movements in 2008 it was the 6th busiest airport in Ontario and the 22nd busiest airport in Canada.
Originally named the Fort William Municipal Airport, construction began in 1938, partly as a means of relieving unemployment. The airport went under major renovations in 1994 with the construction of a new airport terminal building, including two jetways, a large food court, a gift shop and an arcade.
The airport was handed over from the government in 1997 to the Thunder Bay International Airports Authority, a non-profit organization. The airport handled over 600,000 passengers in 2006 for the first time since 2001.
Airlines using Thunder Bay Airport include:
- Air Canada Jazz
- Air Creebec
- Bearskin Airlines
- CanJet
- Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines
- Porter Airlines
- Skyservice
- Sunwing Airlines
- Thunder Airlines
- Wasaya Airways
- WestJet
The above mentioned information is taken from Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Bay_International_Airport.