# CFB Bagotville / Saguenay-Bagotville Airport (YBG)

> La Baie, CA · IATA: YBG · ICAO: CYBG · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `YBG` |
| ICAO | `CYBG` |
| City | La Baie |
| Country | CA |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 159 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 48.33191, -70.99291 |

## Description

Thirty-six of Canada's 88 incoming F-35A fighters are earmarked for Saguenay-Bagotville (IATA: YBG, ICAO: CYBG), the Quebec home of 3 Wing, Royal Canadian Air Force. The field is military first: CF-18s stand NORAD alert here, a 7,400 m2 Quick Reaction Alert complex has been under construction since August 2024, and a CAD 131 million expeditionary capability facility was started in late 2023. A separate civilian terminal adds scheduled passenger service to Montreal and Quebec City with Air Canada and Pascan Aviation. What it does not offer is freight infrastructure — no cargo terminal, no freighter operations and no named cargo handling agents, which leaves only belly capacity on passenger flights. Forwarders serving the aluminium smelters and forestry mills of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean therefore work through Quebec City Jean-Lesage (IATA: YQB), roughly two and a half hours away by road, or Montreal-Mirabel (IATA: YMX) for freighter lift. Heavy volumes leave the region by ship from the deep-water port of Grande-Anse rather than by air.

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