Regina International Airport

Regina International Airport (IATA: YQR, ICAO: CYQR) is an international airport located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south-west[1] and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west-southwest of the city centre.

After the First World War, Reginan Roland Groome returned from military service as a flying instructor in Southern Ontario and, with partners, set up a company called the "Aerial Service Co." Its primitive airfield was located near what is the current intersection of Hill Avenue and Cameron Street in the city's southern Lakeview district.

Scheduled airline service was initially provided by Moose Jaw-based Prairie Airways (in 1938) and then Trans-Canada Air Lines (in 1939).

In the beginning of the war, the Regina Flying Club was heavily involved in the contract training for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).

15 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) and RCAF Station Regina at the Airport on November 11, 1940.

[7] Around 1942, the airport was listed as RCAF & D of T Aerodrome - Regina, Saskatchewan at 50°26′N 104°39′W / 50.433°N 104.650°W / 50.433; -104.650 with a variation of 17 degrees east and elevation of 1,885 ft (575 m).

Air Canada, which began scheduled service to Regina in early 1939, ended mainline service into Regina and six other medium-sized Canadian cities in October 2005, turning over these routes to its subsidiary Air Canada Jazz and its fleet of Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ).

[11] For a short period of time in 2016, ultra low-cost carrier NewLeaf (now Flair Airlines) operated flights to and from Kelowna before suspending the service on November 1, 2016.

[12][13] As of 2019, the CEO of Regina Airport was in talks with multiple airlines for possible services back to the United States with a 1.55% increase in passengers in 2018.

[14] Sunwing Airlines also indefinitely suspended routes from Regina to Sun destinations for the 2020/2021 winter season due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[15] On November 15, 2021, Swoop announced that it would launch a twice-weekly service between Regina and Edmonton starting June 16, 2022.

There is also a four-currency ATM just prior to security that dispenses US and Canadian dollars, euros, and British pounds.

[19] Ground transportation options to/from the airport include taxi, private vehicles, and Regina Transit's Route 24 Airport/Downtown, which opened in 2023.

The 1939 Art Deco administration building and control tower at the Regina Municipal Airport
The Department of Transport-built administration building and control tower at the Regina Municipal Airport
The second Regina airport, in the mid-1960s prior to the enlargement and renovations of 1983-86