Red Lake Airport

Red Lake Airport
Red Lake Airport
	IATA: YRL; ICAO: CYRL; WMO: 71854;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	The Corporation of the Municipality of Red Lake
Operator	Thunder Bay Airport Services Inc.; Municipality of Red Lake
Serves	Red Lake, Ontario
Location	Cochenour, Ontario
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	1,266 ft / 386 m
Coordinates	51°04′02″N 093°47′35″W / 51.06722°N 93.79306°W
Website	http://redlake.ca/web/airport.php
Map
	CYRL Location in Ontario
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	25,094
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Red Lake Airport; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada.

Red Lake Airport, (IATA: YRL, ICAO: CYRL), is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north of Red Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Red Lake Airport is located 1 km (0.62 mi) south of the community of Cochenour, Ontario. The airport serves as a point of call for air carriers offering scheduled passenger service; an operating base for Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; and services both private and commercial fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter operators located on site.

History

Commercial air service to the area began in 1926 using the waters of Howey Bay on Red Lake as a float and sea plane base. Due to the freight requirements of the gold mines developing in the area, Howey Bay was recognized as the busiest airport in the world during 1936 and 1937.

Construction of a 4,000 ft × 150 ft (1,219 m × 46 m) gravel runway began in 1946 and was put into use of May 29, 1947 when Canadian Pacific Air Lines began daily service from Winnipeg.

The airport operated privately until 1959 when the Department of Transport took over and lighting was installed. In 1996, the Township of Golden became the owner/operator of the Red Lake Airport and two years later, in 1998, the Township of Golden and Red Lake along with the Local Services Board of Madsen amalgamated to form the Municipality of Red Lake.

It wasn't until 1993 when the paved runway was extended to 5,000 ft × 150 ft (1,524 m × 46 m) to help serve the future growth of the Red Lake area.

In October 2011, a new airport terminal opened, replacing a small terminal building from the 1980s. On June 22, 2012, the airport terminal was officially named J.E.J. Fahlgren Terminal after a local mine manager and community leader.^[4]

Those leaving or arriving in Red Lake now enter a building that has a large ticket and rental car counters, luggage carousels, naturally lit seating areas, Nav Canada offices and space for administration. Along with these additions, a modern parking lot has been implemented and a rental space is available for franchises inside the airport terminal building.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Bearskin Airlines	Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg
North Star Air	Deer Lake, North Spirit Lake, Pikangikum, Poplar Hill
Superior Airways	Charter: Thunder Bay, Winnipeg
Wasaya Airways	Sioux Lookout

All flights are suspended and the airport is closed to inbound and outbound traffic except Water Bombers and Ministry of Natural Resources Aircraft as of August 10, 2020 ^[5]

References

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
^ Jennifer Thurbide (2 July 2012). "Community celebrates naming of Fahlgren Terminal". www.thenorthernsun.com. The Northern Sun News. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ News, CBC (August 10, 2020). "Evacuation Ordered for Residents of Red Lake,Ont. as firefighters battle growing blaze". CBC News. Retrieved August 11, 2020. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

Media related to Red Lake Airport at Wikimedia Commons
Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Red Lake Airport from Nav Canada as available.

[CFS-1] Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.

[2] Synoptic/Metstat Station Information

[move-3] Total aircraft movements by class of operation

[4] Jennifer Thurbide (2 July 2012). "Community celebrates naming of Fahlgren Terminal". www.thenorthernsun.com. The Northern Sun News. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[5] News, CBC (August 10, 2020). "Evacuation Ordered for Residents of Red Lake,Ont. as firefighters battle growing blaze". CBC News. Retrieved August 11, 2020. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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