Regina International Airport
| Continent: North America | Country: Canada | Region: Saskatchewan |
| Regina International Airport | |
| Location | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| IATA code | YQR |
| ICAO code | CYQR |
| Airport type | Commercial |
| Website | http://yqr.ca |
| Overview map | Google Maps |
| Communications | |
| Tower | 118.600 |
| Ground | 121.900 |
| Clearance | 120.100 |
| Approach | 120.100 |
| Departure | 120.100 |
| ATIS | 127.000 |
Regina International Airport is the 2nd largest airport in Saskatchewan and the air travel center for southern Saskatchewan. It is served mainly by regional carriers and is a focus city for Westjet. The airport is frequently used by small and light private aircraft. The airport has 2 runways, 13/31 and 08/26, both are used for all traffic.
Official Spotting Locations
Airside Viewing Area
Located on the main floor of the terminal building, there is an area with large windows for viewing planes at gate 2. If there is no plane at the gate, you can see planes taking off and landing from runway 13/31. Air Canada Jazz planes usually occupies that gate.
Other Spotting Locations
Corner Of Campbell St. and Hill Avenue
This intersection is a grid road and is not very busy. There is enough room to park a car off the road there. It offers great views of both runways, and is good for photography if you have a good zoom lens.
13th Avenue
13th Avenue runs along the beginning of runway 13/31. It is good for spotting planes overhead that are landing/taking off on 13/31. It also offers views of planes using runway 08/26. There is an approach to park on where the end of the runway is. Warning to photographers: There is a chain-link fence around the perimeter of the airport which makes spotting planes on the ground difficult from this location, but it doesn't affect planes in the air.
Locations to Avoid
Location
Regular Traffic
- Air Canada: Regina-Toronto Pearson route using E-190 aircraft.
- Air Canada Express: Air Canada Express frequently operates Dash 8-300/Q400 and occasionally CRJ 100/200/900 aircraft to and from Regina.
- Cargojet Airlines: 757-200ER cargo flights to Saskatoon, Winnipeg. Flights are usually during late night-early morning.
- Skyservice Airlines: During winter, Skyservice operates B757-200 aircraft on charter routes.
- Sunwing Airlines: Seasonal Boeing 737-800 service to Cancun, Holguin, Mazatlan, Varadero
- ExpressAir: Transwest operates small light aircraft from Regina.
- WestJet: WestJet operates 737-600, 737-700, and 737-800 aircraft on routes to and from Regina.
- WestJet Encore: Operates Q400 aircraft to and from Regina.
Facilities and Transportation
There are short term metered parking spaces in the terminal parking lot. In the airport, before security there is a gift shop, restaurants (Subway, Tim Hortons, and Skyway Restaurant) and pay phones.