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Why YYB Is a Game-Changer in Flight Operations and Managing Irregular Operations (IROPS)
January 11, 2024 in Features Sponsored
By The City of North Bay
(Photo: City of North Bay) 
(Photo: City of North Bay)
In the aviation sector, meticulous planning is crucial for achieving operational efficiency and meeting high expectations within tight timelines. North Bay’s Jack Garland Airport (YYB), located in Ontario, not only serves as a strategic diversion alternative to Southern Ontario’s international airports but also offers unique opportunities for flight testing. The airport is strategically situated in proximity to dedicated flight test corridors, ensuring optimal conditions for testing purposes. Free from the congestion of Southern Ontario and Quebec airspace, and strategically positioned just north enough to experience diverse weather patterns, North Bay’s Jack Garland Airport stands as a reliable diversion option and an ideal location for flight testing opportunities.
Efficiency takes precedence at North Bay’s Jack Garland Airport. Beyond its role as an alternate location, it is dedicated to swift operations, ensuring seamless direct navigation in uncongested airspace. The airport’s adept team and partner airport community service providers are primed to handle diverted aircraft, facilitating a smooth transition to irregular operations (IROPS), quick service turn arounds, and departure timings to preserve the integrity of your operational schedules and to minimize any network delays.
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YYB’s commitment to operational excellence includes 24/7 unrestricted access with no curfew restrictions providing flexibility for pilots, dispatch planners, and logistics coordinators. North Bay’s instrument landing system equipped 10,000ft long by 150ft wide runway, power out concrete stands and on apron pull-through options for the largest aircraft, sufficient jet fuel FBO services, informed and experienced flight service station staff, ARFF stand-by allows YYB to meet the requirements of aircraft of various sizes and weights. Infrastructure and experience lead to efficiencies, which is why veteran military and civilian aircrew as well as their supporting departments have always known and relied on YYB as viable option when required.
When the need for diversion arises, pilots and dispatch staff are increasingly opting for the uncongested airspace and swift turnarounds at North Bay’s Jack Garland Airport instead of extended circling in holding patterns above Toronto Pearson or diverting to other southern Canadian or American locations in hopes of better conditions; often experiencing the same weather or are now congested by the surge of other diverting aircraft in addition to their already busy operations. Whether prompted by safety concerns, the pursuit of significant cost savings, environmental priorities, or the commitment to meeting passenger and regulatory requirements, North Bay’s Jack Garland Airport can assist you whenever the need arises.
The ability to divert to an alternate airport is not something you need to worry about during an unforeseen event. Regardless as to why, the decision can be quick and efficient; diverting to North Bay provides everything you need now and nothing you want to avoid (current local severe weather, airspace congestion, and further delays at crowded international airports).
Welcome to YYB – where business aligns seamlessly with strategic planning. Your future in aviation unfolds at North Bay’s Jack Garland Airport. Make the strategic choice to include YYB in your flight planning, ensuring both efficiency and reliability for seamless operations.
