Private Jet Airports in Quebec City and Saguenay
Choosing an airfield here
What drives the choice in this area: where the traffic goes, where you can clear, and what you can land.
Overview
34 airfields serve Quebec City and Saguenay. Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport (CYQB) handles the most business aviation traffic, with 33% of the area's cross-border business jet movements , followed by Sept-Îles Airport and Chicoutimi / Saint-Honoré Aerodrome . The area stretches from the Saint Lawrence corridor near Quebec City north through Saguenay and the North Shore, then far beyond into Nunavik communities such as Kuujjuaq and Quaqtaq, all within Quebec and reaching into Newfoundland and Labrador at Wabush. That range puts more than 800 NM between the closest and farthest fields tied to the area center. Customs clearance is available at four points, from Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport near the center to Baie-Comeau Airport and Sept-\u00celes Airport further along the coast. Winter reduces reach at the smaller northern strips, where paved runway data is often absent entirely.
Comparison
Ten of the 34 airfields serving Quebec City and Saguenay handle 84% of the area's business jet movements. Distance is measured from the area center, and runway length is the longest paved surface on the field.
Headline figures cover public airports only. Military and private fields stay in the list below but are excluded from the counts.
Source: FAA Form 5010 and CBP list of ports of entry.
All airfields
All 34 airfields serving Quebec City and Saguenay, grouped by distance from the area center. Each tier carries its own scale in nautical miles, and every mark is one airfield.
Distance is measured from the area center, not from another airfield.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Seasonality
Business jet traffic across Quebec City and Saguenay peaks in October and is lowest in January. Six months run above the yearly average.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity in the area.
Source: FAA TFMSC, 39,034 business jet movements across the area, 2025.
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Frequently asked questions
How spread out are the customs airports across the Quebec City and Saguenay area?
The Quebec City and Saguenay area holds four customs airports, and they sit far apart. Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport (CYQB) and Sept-Îles Airport (CYZV) are 290 NM apart, while CYQB and Saguenay-Bagotville Airport (CYBG) are only 94 NM apart. Baie-Comeau Airport (CYBC) adds a fourth AOE point, 190 NM from CYQB and 100 NM from CYZV. A dispatcher routing a trip that needs a border stop has real options depending on which corridor the flight is flying, rather than a single default clearance point for the whole area.
What does the long paved runway at Trois-Rivières Airport mean for aircraft sizing in this area?
Trois-Rivières Airport (CYRQ) has the longest paved surface in the Quebec City and Saguenay area at 9,006 ft, just ahead of Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport (CYQB) at 9,000 ft and Saguenay-Bagotville Airport (CYBG) at 10,000 ft. Only four fields in the area reach 6,000 ft or more. Operators planning for larger business jets or higher takeoff weights have a short list of candidates rather than a wide field of options, and most of the remaining public airports top out well below that mark.
How does business jet traffic in the Quebec City and Saguenay area change between winter and fall?
Business jet movements in the Quebec City and Saguenay area drop to a low of 2,357 in January and climb to a peak of 4,007 in October, based on 2025 FAA-comparable traffic figures. Six months of the year run above the average of 3,253 monthly movements, with the buildup running from spring through the October peak. A dispatcher scheduling ground handling or slot requests in this area should expect noticeably thinner traffic in the January-to-March window compared to the fall season.
Why does elevation matter for northern airfields like Schefferville and Wabush in this area?
Schefferville Airport (CYKL) sits at 1,709 ft and Wabush Airport (CYWK) at 1,808 ft, both well above the low-lying fields near Quebec City such as Baie-Comeau Airport (CYBC) at 71 ft. These two northern fields are also among the farthest from the area center, at 472 NM and 371 NM respectively. For an operator planning a flight into the northern reach of the Quebec City and Saguenay area, the combination of higher field elevation and distance from the main corridor changes the performance margins compared to the coastal and river-valley airports further south.
How concentrated is business jet traffic at the top airport in the Quebec City and Saguenay area?
Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport (CYQB) logs 12,891 business jet movements a year, a third of all activity tracked across the Quebec City and Saguenay area. Sept-Îles Airport (CYZV) follows with 4,740 movements and Chicoutimi/Saint-Honoré Aerodrome (CYRC) with 3,461. The remaining volume is spread thin across the other 31 airfields in the area, many logging under 1,000 movements a year. A dispatcher weighing ramp congestion or handling availability sees one airport carrying a large share of the traffic base, with the rest of the area far less active by comparison.