Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, also known as
Jean Lesage International Airport (
French:
Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec, or
Aéroport de Québec) was established in 1939, a year after the closure of the
Aérodrome Saint-Louis. It is located west southwest of
Quebec City,
Quebec,
Canada. First established as a training facility for air observers, the first flight occurred on September 11, 1941. It is the second busiest passenger airport in Quebec after
Montreal-Trudeau airport and the third busiest airport by aircraft movements in Quebec after Montreal-Trudeau and
Montreal-Saint-Hubert, with 1,574,699 passengers in 2014 and 118,265 aircraft movements in 2013.