Sioux Lookout Airport

Sioux Lookout Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Municipality of Sioux Lookout
Location Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Hub for
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°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
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 5,300 1,615 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 28,564

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] Dryden, Kenora, Red Lake, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Pikangikum, North Spirit Lake, Deer Lake, Sandy Lake, Weagamow, Sachigo Lake, Bearskin Lake
North Star Air[6]Poplar Hill, North Spirit Lake, Cat Lake, North Caribou Lake / Weagamow, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Wepekeka, Bearskin Lake
Perimeter Aviation[7] Pikangikum First Nation, Sandy Lake First Nation, Winnipeg, North Spirit Lake, Weagamow, Thunder Bay, Sachigo Lake, Bearskin Lake, Cat Lake, Deer Lake
Slate Falls Airways Cat Lake, Slate Falls
Wasaya Airways[8] Red Lake, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Pickle Lake, Pikangikum, North Spirit Lake, Fort Severn, Weagamow, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Wepekeka, Kingfisher Lake, Kasabonika, Webequie

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

  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 — NAV CANADA flight service stations
  4. ↑ Sioux Lookout Airport Archived 2010-11-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ http://www.bearskinairlines.com/route-map
  6. ↑ http://www.northstarair.ca/article/flex-flights-route-map-1171.asp
  7. ↑ https://perimeter.ca/book-a-flight/
  8. ↑ https://www.wasaya.com/files/8814/9252/1542/Bubble_map_May_2017_b.pdf


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