I landed here on June 5, 1990 and spend the night. I was on a ferry flight from KICT to EBKT in a C172, on the leg KBGR-CYYR when I iced up about 30 nm north of the YEO beacon in a snow storm, and decided to make a 180 back to the strip. I woke up the next day to a foot of snow. A Coastguard Labrador picked me up later that morning and dropped me off in Wabush. Returned a week later with a beaver on floats, to fly the airplane out again.
From 1941 to 1944, St-Hubert hosted the No. 13 Service Flying Training School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), on the military side of the airfield that formerly served as RCAF Station St-Hubert (later CFB St-Hubert until the 1990s, when it was decommissioned).
As RCAF Station Mont-Joli, this airport hosted No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan from 15 December 1941 until 14 April 1945
There are two gravel-paved visitor parking spots beside the fuel pumps, directly across from the clubhouse. The clubhouse has combo access (a code visiting pilots will have no trouble figuring out), a washroom, and vending machines. There's also wifi, but I couldn't find the password posted anywhere on the wall.
Expect to hear only French on the radio in the circuit.
This airport is only a few miles to the north of the busier Les Cèdres/Cedars (CSS3), and shares a common zone and ATF frequency of 123.5 MHz (also the frequency for Ottawa/Rockcliffe CYRO, so it gets busy).
Like Les Cèdres, it's under Montreal Terminal's class C shelf, so if you're VFR, you need to stay below 2,000 ft MSL unless you're talking to them. It's a flat area with lots of fields and no high towers, so low flight isn't a problem.
The runway looks like a patchwork quilt of different shades of asphalt when you're on approach, but the surface is actually fine.
If you're VFR, note that you need to stay below 2,000 ft MSL unless you talk to Montreal Terminal (and they're often too busy to talk much, though they try to accomodate). The land is flat, there are no high towers in the area, and there are fields for emergency landing in every direction, so it's not really a problem flying around at 1,500 ft until you're out from under the class C shelf.
The mountain (by eastern standards) is just behind the field, and looms large when you're crossing overhead from the south to join the downwind for 08. It's good to warn any passengers that you'll appear to be flying straight towards the trees.
I flew myself to CYRQ on Father's Day. It's still a nice, friendly airport. The staff don't mind you parking (for free) even if you're not buying fuel. The restaurant had a great Sunday brunch and a big crowd.
The process for clearing customs and proceeding to a domestic flight was fantastic. Our US flight was delayed 45 min making the connection really tight and staff were at the customs area waiting to assist us. It was straight forward and quick - far better than connecting through YYZ.
According to a 1977 CFS, runway 17/35 was gravel, 3500×75 ft, and had right hand circuits for rwy 35. The airport sold 100 octane fuel. NORDO aircraft had to stay south of the railroad tracks to the north of the field landing 17 or departing 35. The airport operator was Hull Air Services Ltd in Masson.
Expensive fuel and many fees. Please avoid unless you own a jet and must go to old Quebec City. If you want to visit around you are better going to Trois-Riviere and rent a car.
Nice people around. Same town feeling. Downtown Joliette is a real small city with all restaurants, hotels, cabs... Nice little terminal with a dynamic flight school. Cheap fuel available when the flight school is open. No restaurant on site, always some retired folks around to talk airplane with and help you. English spoken by most local French-Canadian pilots. Many ex-airline and ex-Military pilots here.
The cheapest 100LL in the area. Busy on weekends. Watch out for parachute jumpers. Most local pilot speak/understand English. Just be clear and ask questions. No food around. Better go to Trois-Riviere or Bromont for good airport based restaurants.
English spoken, good place for 100LL and Jetfuel. Always someone around for fuel when the weather is ok to good. English is understood/spoken by all local pilot. Just be clear and ask questions if not sure. Not a good idea to be Nordo. Say your intention. Runway 20 is a right circuit. Just approach by the city side. Plenty of trikes and flight schools here for touch and goes.
Val D'Or was great experience!, Valpiro FBO staff were helpful, friendly and efficient, and we had ground power as soon as we had shut down. We had emailed them overnight and, following their response we phoned and made contact. We arrived and parked on the ramp nearest to their facility and were airborne again 58 minutes later after the refuel, coffee and loo stop! Definitely a top-tip in Northern Canada.
The National Defence ask 14$ landing fees and Promotion Saguenay ask another 16$. An additionnal 25$ fees per passenger was requested and 35$ for daytime parking. Considering that I had 3 passengers on that day, the journey costed me 140$, which is very expensive in comparison to similar airport size.
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🔗 Thu, 29 Aug 2024
— @Alain_T at Québec / Neuville Airport, Canada
Good alternative to CYQB, less expensive to land and to park.
Nice place for camping or lodging
🔗 Thu, 29 Aug 2024
— @Alain_T at Casey (Camp de Base) Airport, Canada
The runway is in good shape, long and wide enough (5411 x 100). Some facilitys on site, lodging availlable in summer, camping also possible.
It is a PPR, so call in advance.
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🔗 Mon, 22 Apr 2024
— @LuxGuy at Lac Éon Airport, Canada
I landed here on June 5, 1990 and spend the night. I was on a ferry flight from KICT to EBKT in a C172, on the leg KBGR-CYYR when I iced up about 30 nm north of the YEO beacon in a snow storm, and decided to make a 180 back to the strip. I woke up the next day to a foot of snow. A Coastguard Labrador picked me up later that morning and dropped me off in Wabush. Returned a week later with a beaver on floats, to fly the airplane out again.
Updated runway id
🔗 Mon, 22 Apr 2024
— @berk at Chevery Airport, Canada
NavCanada charts lists the runways as 07/25. Also updated headings: 076 and 256 in accordance with NavCanada charts.
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Updated runway ids
🔗 Mon, 22 Apr 2024
— @berk at Kuujjuarapik Airport, Canada
NavCanada charts lists the runway numbers as 03/21. Updated to match it.
Updated runway ids
🔗 Sun, 21 Apr 2024
— @berk at La Grande-3 Airport, Canada
Updated runway ids to 10/28 to match data from NavCanada charts.
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Updated runway ids to match NavCanada data.
🔗 Sun, 21 Apr 2024
— @berk at Fontanges Airport, Canada
Runway ids updated to 09/27 to match NavCanada data.
Runway id update
🔗 Sun, 21 Apr 2024
— @berk at Poste Montagnais (Mile 134) Airport, Canada
Updated runway ids to match NavCanada data
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Home of l'Aéroclub Gatineau Ottawa
🔗 Sun, 09 Jan 2022
— @david at Ottawa / Gatineau Airport, Canada
http://www.aeroclubgo.com/
Home of the St-Lazare Flying Club
🔗 Sun, 09 Jan 2022
— @david at Montreal / St-Lazare Airport, Canada
http://www.aeroclubstlazare.org/
Home of the Lindbergh Aéroclub
🔗 Sun, 09 Jan 2022
— @david at Trois-Rivières Airport, Canada
http://lindberghaeroclub.com/ (fr)
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🔗 Wed, 22 Dec 2021
— @FlyingTom at St. André-Avellin (Old Aerodrome), Canada
The old VNCs on the wall at Rockcliffe show St. André-Avellin airport at this spot, further north of the town than the present field.
Airport is closed
🔗 Tue, 01 Dec 2020
— @CYQF_spotter at Lac Etchemin Airport, Canada
The airport is closed by AIP Canada Supplement 81/20
Until may,30,2021
Grass runway
🔗 Thu, 08 Oct 2020
— @david at Sorel Airport, Canada
There seems to be a parallel grass runway right beside 03/21. It's not listed in the CFS, but the diagram shows its length as 1,800 ft.
Second World War
🔗 Wed, 02 Sep 2020
— @david at Montréal / Saint-Hubert Airport, Canada
From 1941 to 1944, St-Hubert hosted the No. 13 Service Flying Training School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), on the military side of the airfield that formerly served as RCAF Station St-Hubert (later CFB St-Hubert until the 1990s, when it was decommissioned).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._13_Service_Flying_Training_School_RCAF
Second World War
🔗 Wed, 02 Sep 2020
— @david at Mont Joli Airport, Canada
As RCAF Station Mont-Joli, this airport hosted No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan from 15 December 1941 until 14 April 1945
Permission required
🔗 Wed, 26 Aug 2020
— @david at Mont-Tremblant/Saint-Jovite Airport, Canada
Prior permission required: Aéroport Mont-Tremblant Inc +1-819-425-9494
Permission required
🔗 Wed, 26 Aug 2020
— @david at Chute-Saint-Philippe Airport, Canada
Permission required: Yves Sigouin +819-425-5412
Permission required
🔗 Wed, 26 Aug 2020
— @david at Mont-Tremblant International Airport, Canada
24 hours prior permission required: Mont-Tremblant Intl Inc +1-819-275-9099
Clubhouse and visitor parking
🔗 Wed, 26 Aug 2020
— @david at Joliette Airport, Canada
There are two gravel-paved visitor parking spots beside the fuel pumps, directly across from the clubhouse. The clubhouse has combo access (a code visiting pilots will have no trouble figuring out), a washroom, and vending machines. There's also wifi, but I couldn't find the password posted anywhere on the wall.
Expect to hear only French on the radio in the circuit.
Permission required
🔗 Tue, 25 Aug 2020
— @david at St-Esprit Aerodrome, Canada
Prior notice required before landing. The operator is Aérodrome Saint-Esprit Inc +1-450-839-1111
Permission required
🔗 Tue, 25 Aug 2020
— @david at Lac Agile (Mascouche) Airport, Canada
Permission required. The operator is Gestion Wilburdea Inc +1-514-249-4040 or +1-450-675-035
Permission required
🔗 Tue, 25 Aug 2020
— @david at St-Jérôme Airport, Canada
Operated by Parachutisme Adrénaline +1-450-438-0855
Permission required, and landing fees (according to the CFS).
Shared zone and frequency with Les Cèdres
🔗 Tue, 08 Oct 2019
— @david at Montreal / St-Lazare Airport, Canada
This airport is only a few miles to the north of the busier Les Cèdres/Cedars (CSS3), and shares a common zone and ATF frequency of 123.5 MHz (also the frequency for Ottawa/Rockcliffe CYRO, so it gets busy).
Like Les Cèdres, it's under Montreal Terminal's class C shelf, so if you're VFR, you need to stay below 2,000 ft MSL unless you're talking to them. It's a flat area with lots of fields and no high towers, so low flight isn't a problem.
The runway's not as bad as it looks
🔗 Tue, 08 Oct 2019
— @david at Montreal / Les Cèdres Airport, Canada
The runway looks like a patchwork quilt of different shades of asphalt when you're on approach, but the surface is actually fine.
If you're VFR, note that you need to stay below 2,000 ft MSL unless you talk to Montreal Terminal (and they're often too busy to talk much, though they try to accomodate). The land is flat, there are no high towers in the area, and there are fields for emergency landing in every direction, so it's not really a problem flying around at 1,500 ft until you're out from under the class C shelf.
Mountain (sort-of)
🔗 Fri, 04 Oct 2019
— @david at Mont Laurier Airport, Canada
The mountain (by eastern standards) is just behind the field, and looms large when you're crossing overhead from the south to join the downwind for 08. It's good to warn any passengers that you'll appear to be flying straight towards the trees.
Prior permission required
🔗 Wed, 02 Oct 2019
— @david at St. André-Avellin Aerodrome, Canada
Corporation Aérodrome St-André-Avellin +1-819-983-8454
Airline service
🔗 Mon, 30 Sep 2019
— @david at Ottawa / Gatineau Airport, Canada
Gatineau Airport has scheduled service by Air Liason:
http://airliaison.ca/en/
Hunting Fishing Outfitter
🔗 Fri, 30 Aug 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at L'escapade, Canada
Very nice folks run this place
Well maintained Friendly
🔗 Mon, 12 Aug 2019
— @rstan at Thetford Mines Airport, Canada
Spent a few days in the area. No tiedown fee with fuel purchase
Nice brunch
🔗 Wed, 31 Jul 2019
— @david at Trois-Rivières Airport, Canada
I flew myself to CYRQ on Father's Day. It's still a nice, friendly airport. The staff don't mind you parking (for free) even if you're not buying fuel. The restaurant had a great Sunday brunch and a big crowd.
I did manage to generate my first CADORS report on my way home, when I had a full avionics-stack failure in IMC and had to follow lost-comms procedures into Ottawa Terminal airspace: https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/cadors-screaq/rd.aspx?cno%3d2019O1489%26dtef%3d%26dtet%3d2019-06-18%26otp%3d-1%26ftop%3d%253e%253d%26ftno%3d0%26ijop%3d%253e%253d%26ijno%3d0%26olc%3d%26prv%3d-1%26rgn%3d-1%26tsbno%3d%26tsbi%3d-1%26arno%3d%26ocatno%3d%26ocatop%3d1%26oevtno%3d%26oevtop%3d1%26evtacoc%3d3%26fltno%3d%26fltr%3d-1%26cars%3d-1%26acat%3d-1%26nar%3d%26aiddl%3d-1%26aidxt%3d%26optdl%3d-1%26optcomt%3d%26optseq%3d%26optxt%3d%26opdlxt%3dResults%2bwill%2bappear%2bin%2bthis%2blist%26mkdl%3d-1%26mkxt%3d%26mdldl%3d-1%26mdlxt%3d%26cmkdl%3dC%26cmkxt%3d%26rt%3dQR%26hypl%3dy%26cnum%3d2019O1489
Thank you YUL
🔗 Mon, 24 Jun 2019
— Anonymous Flyer at Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Canada
The process for clearing customs and proceeding to a domestic flight was fantastic. Our US flight was delayed 45 min making the connection really tight and staff were at the customs area waiting to assist us. It was straight forward and quick - far better than connecting through YYZ.
Info from 1977
🔗 Sun, 13 Jan 2019
— @david at East Templeton Airport, Canada
According to a 1977 CFS, runway 17/35 was gravel, 3500×75 ft, and had right hand circuits for rwy 35. The airport sold 100 octane fuel. NORDO aircraft had to stay south of the railroad tracks to the north of the field landing 17 or departing 35. The airport operator was Hull Air Services Ltd in Masson.
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🔗 Sat, 28 Apr 2018
— Anonymous Flyer at Lac-des-Loups Airport, Canada
Hi im looking for the history of this airport
looking for 103
🔗 Wed, 07 Mar 2018
— Anonymous Flyer at Mont Laurier Airport, Canada
on floats and wheals and floats send pictures steve maclean yellowbus 470@gmail.comand price steve maclean 902-969-4457
Association of Students Pilots - Academy of Aeronautics of C
🔗 Mon, 29 Jan 2018
— Anonymous Flyer at Montreal International (Mirabel) Airport, Canada
We love to fly, we love to learn more, it is our passion. www.academyofaeronautics.com take an appointment and Come visit us
Too expensive for me
🔗 Fri, 01 Sep 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport, Canada
Expensive fuel and many fees. Please avoid unless you own a jet and must go to old Quebec City. If you want to visit around you are better going to Trois-Riviere and rent a car.
Nice tower folks
🔗 Fri, 01 Sep 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at St Jean Airport, Canada
Rare small controlled airport around. Bilingual services. Nice down town area.
Nice place
🔗 Fri, 01 Sep 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Joliette Airport, Canada
Nice people around. Same town feeling. Downtown Joliette is a real small city with all restaurants, hotels, cabs... Nice little terminal with a dynamic flight school. Cheap fuel available when the flight school is open. No restaurant on site, always some retired folks around to talk airplane with and help you. English spoken by most local French-Canadian pilots. Many ex-airline and ex-Military pilots here.
Worn down, no one around, nothing around.
🔗 Fri, 01 Sep 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Sorel Airport, Canada
Better go somewhere else like CSU3, CSC3.
Cheap fuel
🔗 Fri, 01 Sep 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Victoriaville Airport, Canada
The cheapest 100LL in the area. Busy on weekends. Watch out for parachute jumpers. Most local pilot speak/understand English. Just be clear and ask questions. No food around. Better go to Trois-Riviere or Bromont for good airport based restaurants.
Good spot
🔗 Fri, 01 Sep 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Saint-Hyacinthe Aerodrome, Canada
English spoken, good place for 100LL and Jetfuel. Always someone around for fuel when the weather is ok to good. English is understood/spoken by all local pilot. Just be clear and ask questions if not sure. Not a good idea to be Nordo. Say your intention. Runway 20 is a right circuit. Just approach by the city side. Plenty of trikes and flight schools here for touch and goes.
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
🔗 Sat, 18 Feb 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Ottawa / Gatineau Airport, Canada
Aero Maintenance Ottawa Ltd.
Inspections, Repairs, Service.
Valpiro FBO at Val D'Or airport
🔗 Tue, 07 Feb 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at Val-d'Or Airport, Canada
Val D'Or was great experience!, Valpiro FBO staff were helpful, friendly and efficient, and we had ground power as soon as we had shut down. We had emailed them overnight and, following their response we phoned and made contact. We arrived and parked on the ramp nearest to their facility and were airborne again 58 minutes later after the refuel, coffee and loo stop! Definitely a top-tip in Northern Canada.
Search for a Fleet Canuck aircraft for sale
🔗 Mon, 23 Jan 2017
— Anonymous Flyer at St-Mathieu-De-Beloeil Airport, Canada
I'm hoping there may be a Fleet Canuck available at this airport for sale, any help would be appreciated. Is there an airport manager on site?
General Aviation not welcome there
🔗 Sat, 10 Sep 2016
— Anonymous Flyer at CFB Bagotville / Saguenay-Bagotville Airport, Canada
The National Defence ask 14$ landing fees and Promotion Saguenay ask another 16$. An additionnal 25$ fees per passenger was requested and 35$ for daytime parking. Considering that I had 3 passengers on that day, the journey costed me 140$, which is very expensive in comparison to similar airport size.
Flying a drone
🔗 Thu, 21 Jul 2016
— @SkapeCan at Rougemont Airport, Canada
Hello,
I want to fly a drone in my farm in Saint Cesaire which is close (4kms approx.) to a small airdrome and far away from the main airports.
I just want to make sure I'm not braking any law by doing that on my private land.
Thanks for your advice.
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🔗 Fri, 15 Jul 2016
— @Michel1 at Rivière Bonnard Airport, Canada
Wheather for te weekend
plane sotting
🔗 Sun, 19 Jun 2016
— Anonymous Flyer at Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Canada
i go plane sotting a lot
Great Airport
🔗 Mon, 12 Oct 2015
— @rstan at Montréal / Saint-Hubert Airport, Canada
Easy to use and easy access to downtown Montreal
Pascan was a very reasonably priced FBO
Helpful and cooperative !!
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