North Bay/Jack Garland Airport

North Bay Airport or North Bay/Jack Garland Airport (IATA: YYB, ICAO: CYYB) in North Bay, Ontario, Canada is located at Hornell Heights, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) north-northeast of the city. The airport serves as a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) base.

The airport is named in memory of Jack Garland, a longtime Member of Parliament for North Bay's Nipissing electoral district. Until 2004 it hosted an annual airshow during North Bay's Heritage Festival, with a large military component.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.^[1]

The airport is home to the Canadore College's aviation campus which houses their aviation programs. Final assembly of the Bombardier 415 aircraft is completed at the airport, opened in 1999.

The airport houses CFB North Bay, which has operated since 1951 (as RCAF Station North Bay until 1966).^[4]^[5]

The city has owned the airport since 1998 after transfer from Transport Canada and North Bay Jack Garland Airport Corporation has run it since 2003.^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada Express	Toronto–Pearson
Bearskin Airlines	Kapuskasing, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Timmins
Porter Airlines	Timmins,^[7] Toronto-Billy Bishop^[7]
Sunwing Airlines	Seasonal: Santa Clara, Varadero

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
SkyLink Express	Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury
FedEx Express operated by Morningstar Air Express	Toronto-Pearson

Technical information

General

Latitude/longitude: 46° 21' 50" north, 079° 25' 27" west
Elevation: 1,215 ft (370 m) AMSL
Magnetic variation: 12° west

Terminal

Jack Garland terminal interior

The first terminal was constructed in 1938b to house a small waiting area on the ground floor and control tower on the second.^[8] Upgrades after World War II led to the second terminal being built in 1963. The second terminal has been renovated (completed 2010)^[9] to accommodate sole civilian use since 2006.^[6]

Three gates
Six airline check-in counters
Rental car kiosk
Restaurant - Aramark Canada
Lounges
CBSA
First aid station
Baby/parent room
Disabled access/facilities
Cafeteria
Bar
News stand
Taxi stand
National Car Rental and Enterprise Car Rental booths

The airport, operated by the North Bay Jack Garland Airport Corporation, is certified by Transport Canada.

Infrastructure

North Bay Airport, with CFB North Bay in red at the bottom of the image.

Besides travel by car, the airport is serviced by local taxis and North Bay Transit. An outdoor parking lot next to the terminal has 100 regular and for accessible spots.

Runways

Runway 08/26: 10,004 ft × 200 ft (3,049 m × 61 m), paved, lighted, VASI type 2 approach lighting for both ends.
Runway 18/36: 4,492 ft × 150 ft (1,369 m × 46 m) paved, lighted, PAPI type 1 approach lighting for both ends.
Runway 13/31: 2,500 ft × 75 ft (762 m × 23 m), turf, unlighted.

There is a glider/ski area of 2,000 ft × 75 ft (610 m × 23 m).

Communications

Mandatory Frequency/ATF: North Bay Radio/Traffic, 118.3 MHz (very high-frequency direction finding (VDF) no longer available as of 1 January 2008)
RCO: London Radio, 126.7 MHz
ATIS: 124.9 MHz
PAL: Toronto Centre, 121.225 MHz

Navigation aids

Aerial view of Jack Garland Airport

NDBs: YELLEK (ZYB), 404 kHz, 3.8 NM (7.0 km; 4.4 mi) 77° to airport
VOR/DME: North Bay (YYB), 115.4 MHz/Channel 101, at airport
ILS: Runway 08/26, 110.9 MHz

FBOs

Overnight parking is available through the main airport authority.

Weisflock Aviation (Shell): 100LL and Jet-A fuel.
Voyageur Airport Services (Esso): Jet-A fuel only.

Airport managers

Lorne W. Hicks (first Airport Manager-32 yrs-passed 1994)
Jim Albeartie;
John Murphy;
Dale Lalonde (1997-1998);
John David (1998 - 1999);
Owen Andrusiak (1999 - 2003);
Rick Cunningham (2003 - )

Bombardier Aerospace

Bombardier Aerospace assembly of their CL-415 water bomber takes place at the airport.

References

1 2 Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
↑ 22 Wing/Canadian Forces Base North Bay archives, file number W1325-1 (W Heritage)
↑ RCAF Station North Bay diary 1951 to 1964
1 2 http://www.northbayairport.com/history.asp
1 2 https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/porter-airlines-extends-ontario-north-171336884.html
↑ http://www.vintagepostcards.org/aviation.htm
↑ http://www.mitchellarchitects.ca/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=2&a=0&at=0

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jack Garland Airport.

Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for North Bay/Jack Garland Airport from Nav Canada as available.

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