Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport (french: Aéroport Exécutif Gatineau-OttawaAéroport de Gatineau
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serving

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...

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, Canada, and its

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known as the

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. The airport is equipped with

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facilitiesCBSA Office - Airport of Entry
for aircraft coming from outside Canada, car rental counters, and restaurant services. It has a single, asphalt runway oriented east–west. Since January 2017, the airports

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route has been serviced by

Air Liaison Air Liaison is a regional airline based in Quebec City, Quebec with its base at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport. It operates scheduled flights to 16 domestic destinations from Monday to Friday. Destinations Air Liaison began se ...

.Twice-daily flights between Gatineau and Quebec City to begin next month
Vito Pilieci, Ottawa Citizen, Updated: December 6, 2016 Most residents of Gatineau use the nearby

Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport Ottawa/Macdonald–Cartier International Airport or Macdonald–Cartier International Airport (french: L'aéroport international Macdonald-Cartier) is the main international airport serving Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and its metropolitan area kno ...

, or travel to Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The airport was inaugurated in 1978 and transferred to the City of Gatineau in 1991. The airport houses the

Vintage Wings of Canada Vintage Wings of Canada is a not for profit, charitable organization, with a collection of historically significant aircraft. The facility is located at the Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by former Cognos CE ...

, a nationwide non-for-profit organization that educates youth by use of vintage aircraft. The airport hosts an annual Aero Gatineau-Ottawa

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Tenants

- historical aircraft collection and youth education organization *Go SkyDive - skydiving *Hélicraft 2000 Inc. - helicopter pilot training *International Pilot Academy - private, commercial and airline pilot license training

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Executive Gatineau-Ottawa Airport

Page about this airport
on * COPA's ''Places to Fly'' airport directory {{authority control Transport in Gatineau Certified airports in Outaouais 1978 establishments in Quebec

Tenants

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