Sioux Lookout Airport

Sioux Lookout Airport
Sioux Lookout Airport
	IATA: YXL; ICAO: CYXL; WMO: 71842;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Municipality of Sioux Lookout
Location	Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Elevation AMSL	1,257 ft / 383 m
Map
	CYZL Location in Ontario
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	28,564
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada

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 all northern communities in Northwestern Ontario.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Bearskin Airlines	Dryden, Kenora, Red Lake, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg
Wasaya Airways

Tenants

Ornge Air operating Pilatus PC-12 aircraft in Medevac configuration.

SkyCare Air Ambulance operating Medevac and charter operations.

Lockhart Air operating a fleet of Cessna twins in charter configuration.

Wasaya Airlines maintenance facility.

BearSkin Airlines maintenance facility.

Northern Airborne Maintenance operating a maintenance facility for all types of vintage and modern aircraft.

References

^ ^a ^b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
^ Sioux Lookout Airport

External links

Sioux Lookout Airport official site
Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Sioux Lookout Airport from Nav Canada as available.

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[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 — NAV CANADA flight service stations

[4] Sioux Lookout Airport

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