Sioux Lookout Airport

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Sioux Lookout Airport
Sioux Lookout Airport.JPG
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMunicipality of Sioux Lookout
LocationSioux Lookout, Ontario
Hub for
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
 • Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL1,257 ft / 383 m
Coordinates50°06′51″N 091°54′20″W / 50.11417°N 91.90556°W / 50.11417; -91.90556Coordinates: 50°06′51″N 091°54′20″W / 50.11417°N 91.90556°W / 50.11417; -91.90556
Map
CYXL is located in Ontario
CYXL
CYXL
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 5,300 1,615 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements28,564
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 many northern communities in Northwestern Ontario.

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Bearskin Airlines[5] Bearskin Lake, Deer Lake, Dryden, Kenora, North Spirit Lake, Pikangikum, Red Lake, Sachigo Lake, Sandy Lake, Thunder Bay, Weagamow, Winnipeg
North Star Air[6] Bearskin Lake, Big Trout Lake, Cat Lake, North Spirit Lake, Poplar Hill, Weagamow, Wepekeka
Perimeter Aviation[7] Bearskin Lake, Cat Lake, Deer Lake, North Spirit Lake, Pikangikum, Sachigo Lake, Sandy Lake, Thunder Bay, Weagamow, Winnipeg
Cat Lake, Slate Falls
Wasaya Airways[8] Big Trout Lake, Fort Severn, Kasabonika, Kingfisher Lake, North Spirit Lake, Pickle Lake, Pikangikum, Red Lake, Thunder Bay, Weagamow, Webequie, Wepekeka, Winnipeg

Tenants[]

  • Ornge Air operating Pilatus PC-12 aircraft in Medevac configuration.
  • operating Medevac and charter operations.
  • Wasaya Airways maintenance facility.
  • Bearskin Airlines maintenance facility.
  • operating charters with Piper Chieftains.
  • scheduled and charter services.

See also[]

  • Sioux Lookout Water Aerodrome

References[]

  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
  4. ^ Sioux Lookout Airport Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Bearskin Airlines - Route Map". Archived from the original on October 31, 2015.
  6. ^ "North Star Air Ltd. - Flex Flights Route Map".
  7. ^ "Book - Perimeter AviationPerimeter Aviation".
  8. ^ https://www.wasaya.com/files/8814/9252/1542/Bubble_map_May_2017_b.pdf[bare URL PDF]

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