Pickle Lake Airport

Pickle Lake Airport
IATA: YPL – ICAO: CYPL – WMO: 71845
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Ontario
Location	Pickle Lake, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	1,267 ft / 386 m
Coordinates	51°26′47″N 090°12′51″W / 51.44639°N 90.21417°WCoordinates: 51°26′47″N 090°12′51″W / 51.44639°N 90.21417°W
Map
CYPL Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 4,921 1,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 18,698
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]

Pickle Lake Airport, (IATA: YPL, ICAO: CYPL), is located 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km; 0.81 mi) southwest of Pickle Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is serviced by North Star Air Ltd and Wasaya Airways with regular scheduled flights from Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout.

Accidents and incidents

• On 12 May 1977, Douglas R4D-1 C-FBKV of Patricia Air Services was written off in an accident. One person was killed.^[4]
• On 11 May 1987, Douglas C-47B C-FADD of Air Manitoba crashed near Pickle Lake after a structural failure of the port wing. The aircraft was on a domestic cargo flight from Big Trout Lake Airport to Pickle Lake Airport. Both crew were killed.^[5]

See also

• Pickle Lake Water Aerodrome

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
4. "C-FBKV Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
5. "C-FADD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 July 2010.

External links

• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Pickle Lake Airport from Nav Canada as available.