Fredericton International Airport
Aéroport international de Fredericton
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Transport Canada | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Greater Fredericton Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Fredericton, New Brunswick Oromocto, 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; -66.53722 | ||||||||||||||
Website | https://yfcfredericton.ca/ | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] |
Fredericton International Airport (IATA: YFC, ICAO: CYFC) is an airportinLincoln, New Brunswick, Canada, 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) southeast[1]ofFredericton.
The airport is classified as an international airportbyTransport Canada[5] 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 2016 the airport handled 377,977[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]
Fredericton was designated an international airport in 2007 by Transport Canada.
The airport spent $30 million to expand the terminal size by 50% to improve energy efficiency, add more ticket counters, washroom and seating.[9] The expansion began in mid summer of 2018 and construction lasted 30 months.
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Canada | Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson |
Air Canada Express | Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau |
Air Canada Rouge | Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson |
Porter Airlines | Ottawa, Toronto–Billy Bishop |
Sunwing Airlines | Seasonal: Cancún, Cayo Coco, Punta Cana, Santa Clara |
WestJet | Seasonal: Calgary[10] |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
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Year | Passengers | % change |
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2010 | 273,968 | |
2011 | 279,447 | 2% |
2012 | 283,760 | 1.5% |
2013 | 298,760 | 5.5% |
2014 | 316,888 | 6.1% |
2015 | 349,832 | 10.4% |
2016 | 377,977 | 8.1% |
2017 | 398,000 | 5.3% |
2018 | 424,324 | 7.8% |
2019 | 427,085 | 0.65% |
2020 | 103,667 | 75.63% |
2021 | 100,844 | 2.72% |
2022 | 267,050 | 164.81% |
2023 | 333,813 | 25.00% |
Built from 1949 to 1951, the airport terminal consists of a 5 storey control tower flanked by a single storey departure and arrival wings.[12] Additions were completed from 2004 to 2006 and 2009, with a large terminal expansion and renovation, being completed in 2021.
The airport has its own fire suppression (two ARFF and tanker) to handle aircraft-related emergency calls. Mutual assistance provided by Fredericton, Oromocto and CFB Gagetown.
Air Canada Flight 646 crashed here in 1997. The plane, a Bombardier CJ series, crash landed and hit a tree. There were no fatalities. [13]
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