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Thunder Bay Airport or Thunder Bay International Airport, , is an airport in the Canadian city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. With 108,130 aircraft movements in 2012, it was the fifth busiest airport in Ontario and the 16th busiest airport in Canada.〔 During the same year, more than 761,000 passengers went through the airport.〔 The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft such as the Boeing 737-600 series which seats 119 passengers.〔 == History == It was built as the Fort William Municipal Airport in 1938, partly as a means of relieving unemployment.〔 * Tronrud, Thorold J; Epp, Ernest A.; and others. (1995). ''(Thunder Bay: From Rivalry to Unity )''. Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, pp96. ISBN 0-920119-22-0.〕 During World War II, the Thunder Bay (then Fort William) airport was home to No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School, part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The airport was also used as a base for test flights of fighter aircraft being built at the nearby Canadian Car and Foundry factory. Before the two cities of Fort William and Port Arthur merged, it was called the Canadian Lakehead Airport. The airport went under major renovations in 1994 with the construction of a new airport terminal building, including two jetways, a large food court, a gift shop and an arcade. The airport was handed over from the government in 1997 to the Thunder Bay International Airports Authority, a non-profit organization. The airport handled over 600,000 passengers in 2006 for the first time since 2001.〔(Thunder Bay International Airport – Annual Report 2006, p.7 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thunder Bay International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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