Pickle Lake Airport

Pickle Lake Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government of Ontario
Location Pickle Lake, Ontario
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL 1,268 ft / 386 m
Coordinates 51°26′47″N 090°12′48″W / 51.44639°N 90.21333°W / 51.44639; -90.21333Coordinates: 51°26′47″N 090°12′48″W / 51.44639°N 90.21333°W / 51.44639; -90.21333
Map
CYPL
Location in Ontario
CYPL
CYPL (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 5,217 1,590 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 18,698

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 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]
  • On 17 March 2017, Basler BT-67 C-FKGL of Private Air crashed on take-off for Big Trout Airport, Ontario. All three crew survived.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 19 July 2018 to 0901Z 13 September 2018.
  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.
  6. ↑ "C-FKGL accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 29 March 2017.


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