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    "addressCountry": "Canada",
    "addressLocality": "Regina"
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    "WestJet"
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      "name": "Domestic to Domestic Connection Time",
      "value": "60 minutes"
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      "name": "Domestic to International Connection Time",
      "value": "90 minutes"
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  "city": "Regina",
  "code": "YQR",
  "connection_tips": "Regina International Airport serves as Saskatchewan's primary aviation hub, ranking as Canada's 15th-busiest facility with efficient operations supporting approximately 1,500 daily passengers and 40 daily flights. Connection planning should emphasize Calgary, Toronto, and Vancouver hubs for onward travel, with careful attention to minimum connecting times during winter weather events that frequently impact prairie aviation operations. Facility amenities include 24-hour Subway, Tim Hortons Express, duty-free shopping, and renovated retail spaces supporting extended layovers. The airport operates as a Canada Border Services Agency entry point handling aircraft up to 200 passengers, enabling limited international operations and connections.\n\nYear-round US service resumed April 2024 with Minneapolis-St Paul flights, while previous Flair Airlines service to Toronto and Vancouver remains suspended since spring 2022. The single terminal building features two levels with arrivals and baggage claim on the main floor and departures on the upper level, utilizing 9 gates distributed between Concourse A (gates 1-5) and Concourse B (gates 6-9). Air Canada and WestJet operate as primary carriers alongside Delta Air Lines, providing connections to Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Winnipeg as key destinations.\n\nWeather planning must account for Saskatchewan's continental prairie climate with extreme winter conditions requiring extensive de-icing operations, potential wind delays, and rapid weather changes affecting flight schedules. The airport completed a $24-million expansion increasing capacity to 1.2 million passengers annually, featuring enlarged post-security areas, additional passenger loading bridge, expanded international arrivals facilities, and enhanced baggage handling systems. Location advantages include eight-minute access to downtown Regina via Regina Avenue, with efficient ground transportation through taxis, rental cars, and hotel shuttles.",
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  "frequent_traveler_tip": [
    "Allow extra time during winter weather; de-icing may extend taxi times.",
    "Check your flight status before leaving for the airport.",
    "Allow extra time during peak travel periods at this airport.",
    "Keep important documents easily accessible at this airport.",
    "Download your airline's mobile app for updates at this airport."
  ],
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  "iataCode": "YQR",
  "icao": "CYQR",
  "international": true,
  "last_modified": "June 2026",
  "last_updated": "2026-03-29",
  "latitude": 50.431944,
  "layover_planner_info": "Caf\u00e9, shops, and rental cars available.",
  "longitude": -104.665833,
  "mct_domestic_to_domestic": 60,
  "mct_domestic_to_international": 90,
  "mct_interline": 120,
  "mct_international_to_domestic": 90,
  "mct_international_to_international": 120,
  "missed_connection_help": "Airline counters assist with rebooking.",
  "name": "Regina International Airport",
  "region": "North America",
  "related_airports": [
    {
      "code": "YYC",
      "name": "Calgary International"
    },
    {
      "code": "YEN",
      "name": "Estevan Airport"
    },
    {
      "code": "YMJ",
      "name": "Moose Jaw Air Vice Marshal C. M. McEwen Airport"
    }
  ],
  "terminal_info": "Regina International Airport stands as Saskatchewan's primary aviation gateway and Canada's 15th-busiest facility, built from 1928-1930 with the distinction of featuring Canada's first paved runway between Montreal and Vancouver when it opened September 15, 1930. This prairie aviation hub gained national significance hosting the first Trans-Canada Air Pageant in 1931 complete with five RCAF Siskin fighters, before becoming home to No. 15 Elementary Flying Training School and RCAF Station Regina on November 11, 1940, under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan that transformed thousands of Allied pilots during World War II.\n\nThe airport features modern terminal infrastructure following a $24-million expansion increasing capacity to 1.2 million passengers annually, with two-level operations distributing 9 gates across Concourses A and B, serving approximately 1,500 daily passengers through 40 daily flights. Primary carriers Air Canada, WestJet, and Delta Air Lines connect Saskatchewan's capital to major Canadian hubs and Minneapolis-St Paul, while enhanced international arrivals facilities support the airport's status as a Canada Border Services Agency entry point accommodating aircraft up to 200 passengers.\n\nOperational characteristics center on serving the heart of Canada's wheat belt where Regina functions as the provincial capital and agricultural center, with facility amenities including 24-hour food service, duty-free shopping, and historical displays celebrating Saskatchewan's aviation heritage. Year-round operations navigate extreme continental prairie climate conditions requiring extensive de-icing capabilities, wind delay protocols, and rapid weather response systems during Saskatchewan's notoriously harsh winters when temperatures plunge below -30\u00b0C.\n\nStrategic importance encompasses maintaining aviation connectivity for Saskatchewan's 1.2 million residents and resource-based economy driven by agriculture, potash mining, and oil production, preserving the legacy of early Canadian aviation pioneering when Regina Municipal Airport provided the first paved runway across the western prairies, supporting government operations in the provincial capital, and facilitating agricultural commodity trade through efficient connections to global markets where Saskatchewan's wheat, canola, and potash reach international destinations via this crucial prairie aviation crossroads.",
  "terminal_map_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_International_Airport"
}