Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport

Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport
IATA: YXI ICAO: CYXI
Summary
Operator	Transport Canada
Location	Killaloe, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	595 ft / 181 m
Coordinates	45°39′47″N 077°36′10″W / 45.66306°N 77.60278°W / 45.66306; -77.60278Coordinates: 45°39′47″N 077°36′10″W / 45.66306°N 77.60278°W / 45.66306; -77.60278
Map
CYXI Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 6,600 2,012 Decaying asphalt

Sign erected by Transport Canada warning against trespassing

Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport (IATA: YXI, ICAO: CYXI), near Killaloe, Ontario, Canada, was built by the Canadian Department of Transportation (later Transport Canada) in 1952 as a Cold War airstrip for interceptors. The airport officially ceased operations in 1988, but trespassing is frequent: pilots continue to land on the old runway, and local residents frequently use it for drag racing, despite the badly decayed surface.

In 2004, because of legal liability concerns, Transport Canada planned to cut ditches across the runway to make it unusable, but the plan was suspended while negotiations on possible future use continued.

The associated VOR/DME, YXI, was decommissioned in 2021 by Nav Canada.

External links[]

• Historical recollections of the airport
• Satellite photo of the former airport
• Bonnechere / Killaloe Airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
• Accident history for YXI: Killaloe Airport at Aviation Safety Network