For passengers, travel to or from airports is authorized during curfew hours. Please have your travel documents such as your plane ticket on hand to justify your travel during a police check.
For more information, see the Québec government web site or the Québec government decree.
Yes, flights are continuing to take off and land at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB). We are working hard to help our passengers travel safely and keep operations running smoothly.
However, some airlines may change their schedules and flight capacities. Always check the status of your flight with your airline before travelling to YQB.
Under our ground lease with Transport Canada, we are required to manage, operate, and maintain the runways and facilities at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) as long as demand requires. For that reason, unless otherwise specified, we have a duty to provide a minimum level of service, even if it’s only for emergency situations and the transportation of essential goods.
Access to the terminal will be restricted to same-day passengers and airport employees. Companions are asked to stay outside. Minor children and people who require assistance may be accompanied by one other person.
A global travel advisory is currently in effect. The Government of Canada therefore recommends that all citizens avoid non-essential travel outside Canada until further notice. “Non-essential travel” means travel for tourism, recreation, and entertainment.
The Government of Canada requires people travelling to Canada by air, regardless of citizenship, to follow testing and quarantine requirements. To learn more about the entry requirements, click here.
Since February 3, 2021, Transport Canada has channeled all scheduled international commercial passenger flights to four Canadian airports: Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Calgary International Airport and Vancouver International Airport.
As of March 30, 2020, all passengers traveling by air in Canada must undergo a health assessment before boarding and may be denied access to the plane if they do not meet government requirements.
A global travel advisory is currently in effect. The Government of Canada therefore recommends that all citizens avoid non-essential travel outside Canada until further notice.
To learn more about the Government of Canada's recommendations for out-of-country travel, click here.
Travelers must meet several requirements issued by the Government of Canada before taking a flight to or within Canada. These include temperature checks, boarding health questions and mask wear on flights within Canada. For the full list of requirements, click here.
Travelers must also meet federal requirements and possibly additional provincial or territorial requirements issued by the Government of Canada during their stay. To learn more about the restrictions, click here.
Visit the CATSA website for travel advice.
As of April 20, 2020, the Government of Canada is requiring travellers to wear a removable non-medical mask or face cover that is large enough to cover their mouth and nose while in Canadian airports and aboard aircraft. In addition, all passengers and non-passengers are required to wear a face cover at the CATSA security checkpoint.
All passengers and employees of Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport must wear a mask or face cover at all times when in the terminal. Children under the age of 2 and people with breathing difficulties or disabilities, or those who are unable to remove their face cover unassisted, are not required to wear a mask.
Learn more about making a mask here.
For more information on the Government of Canada’s requirements, click here.
The airport does not provide masks. Please make sure you have one before you arrive at the airport. You can also buy masks at the Relay convenience store located in the secure airside zone after the security checkpoint.
You may pick up or drop off a passenger. However, we ask that you do not enter the terminal. Access to the terminal is restricted to same-day passengers and on-duty airport employees. Minor children and people who require assistance may be accompanied by one other person.
You are welcome to use CellPARQ, a free cell phone parking lot that lets you stay in the car and pick up your loved ones in front of the terminal when they’re ready to leave.
Access to the terminal is restricted to same-day passengers and on-duty airport employees. Companions are asked to stay outside.
Minor children and people who require assistance may be accompanied by one other person.
The Relay convenience store and the restaurant Pidz, located in the secure airside zone, are open every day.
Some stores and restaurants are temporarily closed or have modified their business hours. You will find the details of the opening hours of the businesses in the Shops and restaurants section.
Beverages and snacks are available at the vending machines in the public and secure areas of the terminal.
Travel restrictions have been put in place at all points of entry into the country by the Government of Canada. To validate your right to enter the country on the government website, click here. The final decision on entry and quarantine is made by a government official at the point of entry, based on information presented to him at the time of entry.
Air travelers must meet several government-issued requirements before boarding a flight to Canada. To read the checklist of requirements for entering Canada by plane, click here.
Upon returning to Canada, travelers from international destinations must comply with federal requirements and possible additional provincial or territorial requirements issued by the governments of Canada. To learn more about the restrictions, click here.
The government has established a comprehensive list of requirements that must be met to ensure the successful return of travelers to Canada. For complete procedures, see the Flying to Canada requirements checklist.
Under the Aeronautics Act, the Minister of Transport requires air operators to deny boarding to travellers who are symptomatic (regardless of citizenship status) and keep them from boarding an international flight to Canada, including a trans-border flight. Please contact your airline and the relevant government authorities to discuss possible arrangements.
To limit the spread of COVID 19, CATSA is required by the Aeronautics Act to verify that the temperature of passengers and non-passengers is below 38 ⁰C, the threshold established by Transport Canada before allowing access to the screening checkpoint. Their temperature will be taken by means of a temperature verification camera installed on a tripod two meters away, or more closely by means of a portable non-contact thermometer.
Learn more about the measures taken by CATSA: https://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/en/covid19-response
People with coronavirus-like symptoms are not permitted to use public transportation to get to the place where they will be isolating. Symptomatic individuals will be assessed by a quarantine officer, who will make the necessary arrangements.
In order to make travellers aware of the need to maintain physical distancing, YQB has implemented a poster campaign and plays audio reminders in the busiest areas of the terminal.
Airlines and our government partners are responsible for enforcing physical distancing measures in the lines for their services.
Visit the Advice for Travellers - Protecting Yourself and Others page to learn about the health measures we’re taking to protect airport passengers and employees.
To limit the spread of COVID 19, CATSA is required by the Aeronautics Act to verify that the temperature of passengers and non-passengers is below 38 ⁰C, the threshold established by Transport Canada before allowing access to the screening checkpoint. Their temperature will be taken by means of a temperature verification camera installed on a tripod two meters away, or more closely by means of a portable non-contact thermometer.
Learn more about the measures taken by CATSA: https://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/en/covid19-response
If you have a fever upon your arrival in Canada, you will be isolated and a Canada Border Services Agency quarantine officer will ask you questions about your health. They will then assess the situation with a representative of your airline.
Airlines are responsible for sanitizing their aircraft. If you have questions about aircraft cleaning, we encourage you to contact your airline directly so you can better understand its precautionary measures.
Note that under the Quarantine Act, airlines must inform the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) of any cases of illness prior to their aircraft’s arrival in Canada. This allows the PHAC to implement appropriate measures for sick passengers before the aircraft arrives.
Public health authorities are solely responsible for contact tracing (tracking an infected person’s movements and identifying people who may have been in contact with that person). The PHAC manages international flight information and all notices to passengers, crew, or the general public.
All travelers over the age of 5 must provide a negative result for a COVID-19 molecular test performed within 72 hours of the flight's scheduled departure. They must undergo a second test, at their own expense when arriving in Canada, before leaving the airport for the reserved hotel to await the results. Travelers will also receive a home collection kit for COVID-19 testing to use on Day 10 of their 14-day quarantine.
For complete details and testing requirements, see the section “Entering Canada by Air: Testing for COVID-19 for Travelers” issued by the Canadian government.
The Government of Canada has put in place an emergency order on quarantine, isolation, and other obligations under the Quarantine Act. All air travelers arriving in Canada, with rare exceptions, must make a reservation, prior to their departure to Canada, to stay three nights, at their own expense, in one of the hotels approved by the government. They must prepare and submit, prior to arrival, an adequate plan to continue their mandatory 14-day quarantine using ArriveCAN.
For all the details regarding the mandatory quarantine, click here.
To learn more about staying at the hotel and to make a request, click here.
To learn more about ArriveCAN, click here.