Sioux Lookout Airport

Sioux Lookout Airport
IATA: YXL – ICAO: CYXL
– WMO: 71842
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Municipality of Sioux Lookout
Location Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Elevation AMSL 1,257 ft / 383 m
Coordinates
Map
CYXL
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 5,300 1,615 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 28,564
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

Sioux Lookout Airport, (IATA: YXL, ICAO: CYXL), is a regional airport based in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada. The airport opened in 1933. It was, at the time, the second busiest airport in North America next to Chicago Midway International Airport.[4] Today, the airport is a "Mini-Hub" facilitating travel to and from all northern communities in Northwestern Ontario.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.[1]

Contents

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Bearskin Airlines Dryden, Kenora, Red Lake, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg
Wasaya Airways

Tenants

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 December 2011 to 0901Z 9 February 2012
  2. ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
  4. ^ Sioux Lookout Airport

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