Saint-Léonard Aerodrome Explained

Saint-Léonard Aerodrome
Iata:YSL
Icao:CYSL
Type:Public
Owner-Oper:J.D. Irving Ltd.[1]
Location:Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick
Timezone:AST
Summer:ADT
Elevation-F:794
Coordinates:47.1572°N -67.8364°W
Pushpin Map:Canada New Brunswick#Canada
Pushpin Label:CYSL
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in New Brunswick
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:4,021
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat1-Data:831
Stat-Year:2006
Footnotes:Source: Canada Flight Supplement
Movements from Statistics Canada[2]

Saint-Léonard Aerodrome is located 4NM southeast of Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick, Canada.

Recent history

The city of Edmundston purchased the airport for $1 and subsequently transferred the ownership to Madawaska Airport Authority. In July 2015, Madawaska Airport Authority announced it would shut down some of the airport operations. J.D. Irving and local community groups intervened to halted the closure of the airport. In October 2017, J.D. Irving purchased the airport for $100,000.

Service

The airport had regularly scheduled flights to Montreal (Dorval) on Air Nova for part of the 1980s and 1990s.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: J. D. Irving buys Saint-Léonard airport . CBC News . 2017-10-14.
  2. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/51-210-x/2011001/t001-eng.htm Total aircraft movements by class of operation