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 | ||||||||||
Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,257 ft / 383 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°06′51″N 091°54′20″W / 50.11417°N 91.90556°WCoordinates: 50°06′51″N 091°54′20″W / 50.11417°N 91.90556°W | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
CYXL Location in Ontario | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Statistics (2010) | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
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 many northern communities in Northwestern Ontario.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
---|---|
Bearskin Airlines | Dryden, Kenora, Red Lake, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg |
Wasaya Airways | Red Lake, Thunder Bay |
Perimeter Aviation | Pikangikum First Nation, Sandy Lake First Nation, Winnipeg |
Slate Falls Airways | Cat Lake, Slate Falls |
Tenants
- Ornge Air operating Pilatus PC-12 aircraft in Medevac configuration.
- SkyCare Air Ambulance operating Medevac and charter operations.
- Wasaya Airways maintenance facility.
- Bearskin Airlines maintenance facility.
- Northern Skies Air Service operating charters with Piper Chieftains.
- Slate Falls Airways scheduled and charter services.
See also
References
- ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
- ↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
- ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
- ↑ Sioux Lookout Airport
External links
- Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Sioux Lookout Airport from Nav Canada as available.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.