The long Atlantic approach · Timmins
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Timmins opens a different window on Canada. Canada is larger and more varied than any single airport pin can suggest. We begin with curiosity about the place itself, then ask the harder question of whether a carefully configured aircraft could ever reach it responsibly from Oslo.
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A place beyond the airport code
The long Atlantic approach. Timmins belongs to a wider canada story, with people, local priorities and daily journeys that a route diagram cannot describe. Our field atlas is meant to be an invitation to learn the place rather than a checklist of attractions or a premature flight announcement.
Why it is in the aircraft notebook
In the A220-S research programme, Timmins is investigated as airport YTS. The earlier screening register gives approximately 3,040 nautical miles direct from Oslo. The question is not simply whether the aircraft has a published nominal range. It is how real seasonal winds, the aircraft’s actual mass, runway performance, acceptable alternate airports and available airspace work together in both directions.
The detail that matters now
The source register records a physical runway of approximately 1,829 metres, but this is not a performance calculation. The airport has an identified research limitation; further data is required before a mission conclusion. Our current specific evidence note is: Short documented runway; full-fuel A220 performance NOT demonstrated These are research requirements, not predictions about flight availability.
The next page of the story
The exciting part of an expedition-minded project is being willing to test an idea carefully. No 2016–2025 upper-air weather series has been processed into a real round-trip performance result. Nor do we have validated IFR tracks and OEM mission fuel in this register. When better evidence arrives, the destination story can grow alongside it, keeping optimism separate from a claim of feasibility.
Ronda 22 · 2 nov 2026
Estado de pruebas: HIGH FRICTION — AIRPORT / INFRASTRUCTURE HOLD
Short documented runway; full-fuel A220 performance NOT demonstrated
Aún no demostrado: 2016–2025 actual route winds, two-way validated IFR paths, OEM trip fuel and A220 runway performance.
Los datos del aeropuerto no autorizan ninguna operación.
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Timmins is one of the places in our active research notebook. The curiosity is real; any future service remains hypothetical.
Por qué lo estudiamos
The airport has an identified research limitation; further data is required before a mission conclusion.
En espera por seguridad y espacio aéreo · 3,039.7 NM · Investigación técnica, no autorización operativa ni promesa de servicio.
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