Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport

Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport
IATA: YAX ICAO: none TC LID: CKB6
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Ontario
Location	Wapekeka First Nation
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	712 ft / 217 m
Coordinates	53°50′57″N 089°34′46″W / 53.84917°N 89.57944°W / 53.84917; -89.57944Coordinates: 53°50′57″N 089°34′46″W / 53.84917°N 89.57944°W / 53.84917; -89.57944
Map
CKB6 Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 3,609 1,100 Gravel
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]

Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport, (IATA: YAX, TC LID: CKB6), is located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) west of the First Nations settlement of Wapekeka, Ontario, Canada, to the east of Big Trout Lake and on the south shores of Weir Lake.

The airport is operated by the Government of Ontario, and consists of a gravel runway with published instrument approaches. A gravel road connects to nearby community of Angling Lake.

History

Angling lake airport was asked by the then band Chief in 1988 and it opened in 1989.

References

1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 27 April 2017 to 0901Z 22 June 2017

External links

• Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
• Accident history for YAX at Aviation Safety Network