North Bay Airport or North Bay/Jack Garland Airport in

North Bay, Ontario North Bay is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of Nipissing District, and takes its name from its position on the shore of Lake Nipissing. North Bay developed as a railroad centre, and its airport was an important military ...

, Canada is located at Hornell Heights, north-northeast of the city. It is located adjacent to Canadian Forces Base North Bay, operational since 1951 (as RCAF Station North Bay until 1966), the operational control centre for Canadian operations of the

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. The airport is named in memory of Jack Garland, a longtime

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for North Bay's Nipissing electoral district. Until 2004 it hosted an annual air show during North Bay's Heritage Festival, with a large military component. The airport is classified as an

airport of entry In general, a port of entry (POE) is a place where one may lawfully enter a country. It typically has border security staff and facilities to check passports and visas and to inspect luggage to assure that contraband is not imported. Internat ...

Nav Canada Nav Canada (styled as NAV CANADA) is a privately run, not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation system (ANS). It was established in accordance with the ''Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act ...

and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle

general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...

aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. The airport is home to the Canadore College's aviation campus which houses their aviation programs. Final assembly of the

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(Bombardier 415) aircraft was completed at the airport from 1999 until 2015. The city has owned the airport since 1998 after transfer from

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and North Bay Jack Garland Airport Corporation has run it since 2003.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Cargo

Terminal

The first terminal was constructed in 1938 to house a small waiting area on the ground floor and control tower on the second. Upgrades after World War II led to the second terminal being built in 1963, which now serves as the Administration Building and has offices for airport administration,

, Canada Border Services Agency, and others. The current terminal was built in 2001 and has been renovated (completed 2010) to accommodate additional airline offices, a larger post screening waiting area with washrooms. The North Bay Jack Garland Airport terminal is easily accessible, with curbside access and automatic doors throughout, and now has: * Two airline departure gates * Six airline check-in counters * Rental car kiosk – servicing both

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and Enterprise Rent-A-Car * Restaurant and bar * Lounges / waiting area * Baby / parent room – both before and post screening * Disabled access / facilities – both before and post-screening * Taxi stand The airport, operated by the North Bay Jack Garland Airport Corporation, is certified by

Infrastructure

Besides travel by car, the airport is serviced by local taxis and

North Bay Transit North Bay Transit provides bus services within the city limits of North Bay, Ontario, Canada. Para-Bus vehicles are also available to serve physically challenged individuals. It operates as a city department, out of the transit terminal on Oak Str ...

. An outdoor parking lot next to the terminal has approximately 200 regular and four accessible spots. Long term parking is available next to the Administration Building (Lot B).

Runways

* Runway 08/26: , paved, lighted,

Precision Approach Path Indicator A precision approach path indicator (PAPI) is a visual aid that provides guidance information to help a pilot to acquire and maintain the correct approach (in the vertical plane) to an airport or an aerodrome. It is generally located on the left- ...

(PAPI) type 1 approach lighting for both ends,

Instrument landing system In aviation, the instrument landing system (ILS) is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft to allow them to approach a runway at night or in bad weather. In its original form, it allows an aircraft to ...

(ILS), no curfew * Runway 18/36: paved, lighted, PAPI type 1 approach lighting for both ends * Runway 13/31: , turf, unlighted, glider operations only

Communications

* Mandatory Frequency/ATF: North Bay Radio/Traffic, 118.3 MHz *

Remote communications outlet Remote communications outlets (RCO) are remote aviation band radio transceivers, established to extend the communication capabilities of Flight Information Centres (FIC) and flight service stations (FSS). Pilots can find RCO frequencies in charts ...

(RCO): London Radio, 123.55 MHz *

Automatic terminal information service Automatic terminal information service, or ATIS, is a continuous broadcast of recorded aeronautical information in busier terminal areas, i.e. airports and their immediate surroundings. ATIS broadcasts contain essential information, such as current ...

(ATIS): 124.9 MHz * PAL:

Toronto Area Control Centre Toronto Area Control Center is one of seven area control centers in Canada operated by Nav Canada. The Toronto Area Control Centre is based near Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario. From the Toronto Area Control Centre ...

, 127.250 MHz *

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(AWOS) 124.9 MHz

Navigation aids

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(NDB)s: YELLEK (ZYB), 404 kHz, 77° to airport *

VHF omnidirectional range Very high frequency omnirange station (VOR) is a type of short-range radio navigation system for aircraft, enabling aircraft with a receiving unit to determine its position and stay on course by receiving radio signals transmitted by a network ...

(VOR)/

Distance measuring equipment In aviation, distance measuring equipment (DME) is a radio navigation technology that measures the slant range (distance) between an aircraft and a ground station by timing the propagation delay of radio signals in the frequency band betwee ...

(DME): North Bay (YYB), 115.4 MHz/Channel 101, at airport * ILS: Runway 08, 110.9 MHz

General

* Latitude/longitude: * Elevation: AMSL * Magnetic variation: 11° west

FBOs

Overnight parking is available through the main airport authority. * Weisflock Aviation (Shell): Avgas (100LL) and

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fuel * Voyageur Airport Services (Esso): Jet-A fuel only

Bombardier Aerospace

Bombardier Aerospace Bombardier Aviation is a division of Bombardier Inc. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada. Its most popular aircraft included the Dash 8 Series 400, CRJ100/200/440, and CRJ700/900/1000 lines of regional airliners, and the newer CS ...

assembled the CL-415 water bomber at the airport until production ended in 2015.

References

External links

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North Bay Airport at the city website
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