# Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)

> Quebec, CA · IATA: YQB · ICAO: CYQB · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `YQB` |
| ICAO | `CYQB` |
| City | Quebec |
| Country | CA |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 74 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 46.79110, -71.39330 |

## Description

Serving Québec's provincial capital and the wider Capitale-Nationale region, Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport is the province's second-busiest gateway after Montréal. Scheduled carriers including Air Canada, Air Transat, Porter, WestJet and seasonal Air France connect the city to domestic hubs, the Caribbean and Europe. On the freight side, ground handler Swissport has managed cargo here since 2009, processing general freight, perishables and document traffic — predominantly in the belly holds of passenger flights. The airport is cargo-capable but modest in scale; shippers requiring dedicated freighter capacity or integrator networks route through Montréal-Mirabel (YMX), Canada's main all-cargo airport and FedEx/Purolator base about 250 km to the west. Customs clearance falls under the Canada Border Services Agency. Road links via Autoroute Henri-IV tie the airport into the St. Lawrence corridor and its river ports, giving forwarders multimodal options for regional distribution.

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