Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport

ICAO CYQB46.7911°N 71.3933°W74 m / 244 ftLarge airport

Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport (IATA: YQB, ICAO: CYQB) is a large airport in Quebec, Canada. It opened on 11 Sep 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,743 m (9,000 ft). In 2024 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

Timeline

4 events · 1939–1994

1939

MilestoneReplaces Aérodrome Saint-Louis.

11 SEP 1941

OpenedQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport opens.

29 MAR 1979

DisasterQuebecair Flight 255.17 killed

31 MAR 1994

RenamedRenamed Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

06/24044° / 224° · LIT

LENGTH2,743 m9,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

11/29098° / 278° · LIT

LENGTH1,737 m5,700 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024

1.5M

1.6M

1.7M

1.8M

535K

353K

1.2M

1.7M

131415161718192021222324

Routes

34 destinations · 10 countries

Year-round15

YHUMontréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan AirportCanada · Pascan Aviation211 km131 mi YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada Rouge, PAL Airlines, Air Inuit233 km145 mi YZVSept-Îles AirportCanada · PAL Airlines, Air Inuit537 km334 mi YGPMichel-Pouliot Gaspé AirportCanada · Pascan Aviation, PAL Airlines561 km349 mi EWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express714 km444 mi YTZBilly Bishop Toronto City AirportCanada · Porter Airlines718 km446 mi YGRÎles-de-la-Madeleine AirportCanada · Pascan Aviation, PAL Airlines731 km454 mi YYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines, Air Canada Rouge732 km455 mi YWKWabush AirportCanada · PAL Airlines755 km469 mi YKLSchefferville AirportCanada · Air Inuit947 km588 mi YVPKuujjuaq AirportCanada · Air Inuit1,273 km791 mi PUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · WestJet, Air Transat3,151 km1,958 mi CUNCancún International AirportMexico · WestJet, Air Transat3,186 km1,980 mi FDFMartinique Aimé Césaire International AirportMartinique · Air Transat3,708 km2,304 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air Transat5,293 km3,289 mi

Seasonal19

Cargo1

YMXMontreal Mirabel International AirportCanada · UPS Airlines238 km148 mi

Most destinationsAir Transat 15WestJet 7PAL Airlines 5American Eagle 5Air Inuit 4Pascan Aviation 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YQB. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport” (revision of 6 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.7M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#617of 3,974 · #146 North America · #11 CA Longest runway2,743 m9,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,801of 29,823 · =387 North America · =27 CA Elevation74 m244 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,782of 43,341 · =15,029 North America · #1,194 CA AgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =737 North America · =26 CA Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =43 CA

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels

A/DTRML CON124.000

ATISAtis English134.600

CNTRMONTREAL CNTR135.025

GNDGND121.900

RDORDO123.550

TWRTWR118.650

ATISAtis French128.300