Historical Data
Sudbury Airport was constructed in 1952 by the Department of National Defence as an Emergency Landing strip for its jet fighters (CF-100 aircraft) out of North Bay, Ontario. A 6,600 foot runway was constructed.
Recognizing the growing importance of commercial air travel, the City of Sudbury set up a Commission. Their task was to make arrangements to construct a second runway and a Terminal Building and to procure regular scheduled service from TransCanada Airlines (TCA).
A terminal building was built by the City of Sudbury with contributions from Inco, Falconbridge Nickel Mines and the Department of Transport. It was completed on February 28, 1955. At the same time, a second runway measuring 5,000 feet was constructed.
On February 1, 1954, TransCanada Airlines began scheduled service into Sudbury Airport offering two daily flights (Toronto/Timmins) operating a DC3 aircraft. A few years later, flights serving Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Montreal and northern communities were introduced by a number of other airlines operating various types of aircraft ranging from DH6 Twin Otters to Viscounts. DC9 jet service was introduced in 1971 by Air Canada.
In 1974 a new terminal building was completed. The old terminal building structure was converted to an Administration Building which houses various offices, pilot's lounge, fixed base operator, Technical Services and the weather office.
From 1954 to 1972 the airport was operated by an Airport Commission which included a representative of the City of Sudbury and the towns of Copper Cliff and Falconbridge. With the introduction of the regional government in 1972, the Commission was phased out and the airport became a section of the City's transportation department under a head lease agreement with Transport Canada.
On March 31, 2000 the ownership of the airport was transferred from Transport Canada to the City of Greater Sudbury and now operates under the direction of the Sudbury Airport Community Development Corporation.
In July 2002 a multi-million dollar renovation and expansion of the Air Terminal building commenced. The new modern Air Terminal Building was officially completed in October 2003.
Aerodrome Operation
Sudbury Airport is operational 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. It is capable of supporting both VFR and IFR operations down to Non-Standard Cat II precision approach limits and departures in visibilities down to ½ statute mile. Nav Canada operates the Flight Service Station.
The manoeuvring area consists of two intersecting runways and a joining taxiway system, a public apron (Apron I) and a private apron (Apron II). The primary runway (04-22) is 6,600 feet long by 200 feet wide asphalt. The secondary asphalt runway (12-30) is 5,000 feet long by 150 feet wide.
Apron 1 is used by scheduled air carriers and has an approximate area of 7, 425 square metres of concrete ramp area (165 x 45metres) and 2,475 square metres of asphalt staging area(165 x 15 metres).
