<Tr> <Th> Movements change 16 - 17 </Th> <Td> 4.7% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Sources: Canada Flight Supplement Environment Canada Movements from Statistics Canada Passenger statistics from Aéroport de Québec . </Td> </Tr> <P> Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, also known as Jean Lesage International Airport (French: Aéroport international Jean - Lesage de Québec, or Aéroport de Québec) (IATA: YQB, ICAO: CYQB) is the primary airport serving the Canadian city of Québec . Located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west southwest of the city, it is the eleventh - busiest airport in Canada and the busiest east of Montréal and west of Halifax, with 1,670,880 passengers and 121,680 aircraft movements in 2017 . More than 10 airlines offer 360 weekly flights to destinations across Canada, the United States, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe . </P> <P> The airport was established in 1939, a year after the closure of the Aérodrome Saint - Louis . First established as a training facility for air observers, the first flight occurred on September 11, 1941 . First known as the Aéroport de l'Ancienne Lorette, then the Aéroport de Sainte - Foy, and later the Aéroport de Québec, it was renamed to Aéroport international Jean - Lesage in 1993, in honour of the former Premier of Quebec, Jean Lesage . The airport is managed and operated by Aéroport de Québec inc., a non-profit and non-share corporation . The current terminal building has a capacity of 1.4 million passengers annually . </P>

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