Airports / Canada / YQS
St Thomas Municipal Airport
CYQS / YQSSt Thomas, CanadaELEV 778 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
16 nm
To the nearest alternate
London International Airport (YXU) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in St Thomas, Canada, St Thomas Municipal Airport (CYQS / YQS) operates as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 778 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list YQS as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are London International Airport (YXU, 16 nm), Centralia / James T. Field Memorial Aerodrome (YCE, 36 nm), and Brantford Municipal Airport (CYFD, 40 nm).
Trip costs from YQS are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from YQS to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
CYQS
IATA
YQS
FAA / Local
CYQS
Elevation
778 ft
Coordinates
42.7700° N · 81.1108° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Canada fields
state range 6–3,940 ft
At 778 ft, YQS sits lower than 50% of the 250 Canada fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 16nmYXULondon International AirportLondon
- 36nmYCECentralia / James T. Field Memorial AerodromeHuron Park
- 40nmCYFDBrantford Municipal AirportBrantford
- 52nmYKFRegion of Waterloo International AirportBreslau
- 54nmYZRChris Hadfield AirportSarnia
- 57nmYHMJohn C. Munro Hamilton International AirportHamilton
Location
Open the full mapCYQS · St Thomas Municipal Airport · St Thomas, Canada