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AirportImprovement.com      May | June 2026
TERMINALS 
YHU
Convenient connectivity is important to airport leadership, 
and YHU consequently includes access to public transportation 
with shuttle service to/from the Metro system every 35 minutes. 
It also has 2,600 on-airport parking spaces just 25 meters from 
the main entrance and a dedicated three-lane area for passenger 
drop-off that is 500 meters long. 
The design of the modern terminal, led by SCOTT Associates 
Architects Inc., recalls the historic British R-100 airship that 
crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1930. After a three-day trip, it 
anchored with 44 passengers at the Saint-Hubert Aerodrome, 
attracting more than 800,000 people in just one week. 
“The terminal is one level in order to have fluidity and make 
it easier for the passenger,” Roberge says. The open-concept 
departure lounge can accommodate 900 guests, with soft 
seating and other details designed to “rival some of the best 
airport lounges internationally.” Food and beverage options 
feature Quebec-based operators, including the grab-and-go 
Café Depot, and Baton Rouge, a sit-down rib and steak house.  
In the lobby, passengers will find 28 check-in counters and 10 
self-service check-in kiosks, including two with baggage drops. 
The passenger screening checkpoint has three lanes, with space 
for three more in the future. 
The baggage handling system, designed by Alstef Group, 
includes 28 check-in conveyors, a collector conveyor and an 
out-of-gauge line.
From General Aviation to Commercial 
Planners determined that YHU’s two existing runways (7,801 feet 
and 3,922 feet) were sufficient to handle the forecasted airline 
traffic, but developers added a large Jet A1 fuel farm, ground 
support equipment buildings, a centralized deicing facility, jet 
bridges and passenger amenities such as catering, concessions 
and parking. 
“Basically, we were starting from scratch,” Roberge comments. 
Projects to optimize the airfield for commercial operations 
included converting Runway 10-28 into a taxiway; modifications to 
lighting, signage and markings; rehabilitating Taxiway T, widening 
Taxiway R from 15 meters to 23, and correcting deficiencies on 
Taxiway C to ensure the safety and durability of infrastructure. 
Apron work is scheduled to continue into this summer.
The airport also acquired $10 million worth of equipment to 
support airfield maintenance and operations, fortifying its aging 
fleet with five more plow-brooms, a deicing truck, a snow blower, 
a loader equipped with a 25-foot snowplow blade and two new 
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