AviatDataKingfisher Lake Airport KIF / CNM5
Kingfisher Lake First Nation, Ontario · Canada · Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) – Remote Airports Ontario (RAO)
0pax · 2024
Limited hours
ICAO / IATACNM5 / KIF
OperatorMinistry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) – Remote Airports Ontario (RAO)
Coordinates53.0125°N, 89.8553°W
Elevation866 ft · 264 m
Time zoneCT (UTC-6/-5 DST)
Passengers / yr0 (2024)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
Fuel—
Bonded—
AIP referenceCNM5 — Canada Flight Supplement / NAV CANADA CFS
Operating hoursDaytime VFR only, no tower/FSS; runway condition reporting via Airport Foreperson 14-23Z Mon-Fri excl. holidays; ATF/CTAF 123.2; unlit gravel strip, no night operations, PPR advisable
TerminalsSmall community terminal/waiting shelter; Wasaya station agent handles check-in and cargo, no jet bridges or scheduled ground handling beyond carrier staff
Runways (1)
- 12/30 · 1,073 m / 3,520 ft · 30 m wide · Gravel/Clay
Airport contact
Fly-in-only gravel airstrip serving Kingfisher Lake First Nation (Oji-Cree community), a remote Nishnawbe Aski Nation community 350 km north of Sioux Lookout with no year-round road access; identifier CNM5 is a Transport Canada Location Identifier/GPS code rather than a confirmed registered ICAO designator (none is listed for this airport). Wasaya Airways, one of whose eight 1986 founding communities was Kingfisher Lake, provides scheduled service to Sioux Lookout and Wunnumin Lake and other neighbouring First Nations via Pilatus PC-12 and Beechcraft 1900D equipment.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Wasaya Airways LP (self-handling)
Wasaya Airways is the sole scheduled carrier serving Kingfisher Lake Airport (KIF), one of Wasaya's original 1986 founding/owner communities, with flights to Sioux Lookout, Pickle Lake, Thunder Bay and Wunnumin Lake. As is typical at this remote First Nations gravel-strip community, Wasaya self-handles its own aircraft turnarounds through a locally based Wasaya Northern Agent (per Wasaya's own job postings, duties include meeting aircraft, radio/weather reporting and passenger/cargo check-in); no third-party FBO or ground handler is present. Business Air News' airport handbook lists "no FBO/handlers currently listed" for this station, confirming the absence of any independent ground-handling provider.
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Aircraft fuel
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De-icing
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Part-145 line maintenance
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Part-145 base maintenance
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Component shops & overhaul
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Flight catering
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Aircraft cleaning
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Ground support equipment
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Cargo handling
Available
Wasaya Airways LP (self-handling)
Wasaya Airways provides scheduled freight service to Kingfisher Lake First Nation, one of the airline's owner/founding communities, at least 5 days a week via its Pickle Lake and Red Lake bases; the carrier's local Northern Agent self-handles cargo loading and unloading at KIF, as there is no separate cargo handler on site.
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Aviation security
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Passenger & crew transport
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Flight support
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Hotel & travel
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