Remote coastal gateway serving La Romaine on Quebec's Lower North Shore.
Location
Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, Canada
La Romaine Airport (IATA: ZGS, ICAO: CTT5) is a small regional airport serving the community of La Romaine (Unamen Shipu) on the Lower North Shore of Quebec, Canada. It provides essential air access to this remote Indigenous community, which has no road connection to the provincial highway network.
The airport operates as a lifeline facility, supporting the transport of passengers, mail, and essential goods to and from the community. Regional carriers operating small aircraft serve the airport, linking La Romaine to larger centres such as Sept-Îles.
The airport is owned and managed at the regional level and reflects the broader network of small airstrips that serve isolated communities along the Gulf of St. Lawrence coastline in Quebec.
Terminals
The airport features a basic, small terminal building suited to low passenger volumes typical of a remote community airstrip.
Getting to & from
No road connection exists to the community; ground transport within La Romaine is limited to local roads, with air travel being the primary link to the outside world.
Airlines here
Air Liaison and similar small regional carriers have historically provided scheduled service connecting La Romaine to the Lower North Shore air network.
Notable facts
- ›La Romaine (Unamen Shipu) is an Innu First Nations community with no road access to Quebec's provincial highway system.
- ›The airport is a critical lifeline for residents, enabling access to medical services, supplies, and travel.
- ›The airport serves the Lower North Shore region of Quebec, one of Canada's most remote inhabited coastlines.
- ›The community it serves sits along the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
- ›Air transport is the only year-round reliable connection to larger urban centres for residents.
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