# Hearst René Fontaine Municipal Airport (YHF)

> Hearst, CA · IATA: YHF · ICAO: CYHF · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `YHF` |
| ICAO | `CYHF` |
| City | Hearst |
| Country | CA |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 252 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 49.71420, -83.68610 |

## Description

YHF and CYHF are the codes for Hearst / René Fontaine Municipal Airport, a town-owned field in north-eastern Ontario with a single runway 04/22 and Jet A-1 on site. No airline currently operates scheduled service here, so the belly capacity that underpins airfreight elsewhere simply does not exist; general aviation, charter and business flights make up the movements. There is no evidence of cargo handling, a freight terminal or a customs post at the airport, and air cargo out of Hearst is limited to the occasional charter load - spare parts, survey and exploration work in the north. The region's sawmill and forestry output, together with its inbound supplies, travels by truck along Highway 11 instead. Forwarders route airfreight through Timmins Victor M. Power (YTS) about 300 road kilometres east or Thunder Bay (YQT) roughly 500 km south-west, while international consignments consolidate at Toronto Pearson (YYZ), Canada's largest air cargo gateway, some 1,000 km to the south. Plan for several hours of road pre-carriage rather than a direct flight.

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