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.

Sioux Lookout Airport
IATA: YXL ICAO: CYXL WMO: 71842
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Municipality of Sioux Lookout
Location	Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Hub for	North Star Wasaya Airways Perimeter Aviation Slate Falls Airways Bearskin Airlines
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
Map
CYXL Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 5,300 1,615 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 28,564
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

Airlines and destinations

This section needs to be updated. (January 2022)

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

• Sioux Lookout Water Aerodrome

References

External links

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

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[de] Flughafen Sioux Lookout

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