Rivière-du-Loup Airport – YRI Riviere du Loup, QC, Canada
Rivière-du-Loup Airport with the geocode YRI is located 4.5 nautical miles south southwest of Rivière-du-Loup, a small city on the shore of St. Lawrence Seaway, two hours from Quebec City in Canada. The surrounding municipalities of Kamouraska, Témiscouata and Les Basques (KRTB) share the Rivière-du-Loup Airport which has the longest runway in the area. Domestic and international corporate flights and charter services are available to the public but there are no commercial scheduled flights.
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The Rivière-du-Loup Airport is a well-organized and systematically laid out regional airport. With only a single small terminal building, the required renovations to several integral areas are slowly being executed. The runway, taxiway and approach lighting have recently been completed. There is one runway. Charter airlines like Chrono Aviation and Voyageur Airways have regular flights from the cities of Quebec and Montreal and vice versa. The airport also hosts an air show featuring several demonstrations of aerial acrobatics. Some places that are accessible from the YRI Airport are La Malbaie, Pointe-au-Pic and Tadoussac.
What to Do & Area Attractions
Situated a few miles away from YRI Airport are hotels that cater to travellers who want to be near the city's airport facility. The Hotel Levesque, the Comfort Inn Rivière-du-Loup and the budget-friendly Days Inn by Wyndham Rivière-du-Loup are all within 10 to 12 minutes from Rivière-du-Loup Airport.
Canadian Forces Base Bagotville (YBG) is a military and private airport located 3 hours away west of Bagotville in the city of Saguenay.
