AviatDataCat Lake Airport YAC / CYAC
Cat Lake, Ontario · Canada · Government of Ontario (Ministry of Transportation)
0pax · 2024
Limited hours
ICAO / IATACYAC / YAC
OperatorGovernment of Ontario (Ministry of Transportation)
Coordinates51.7272°N, 91.8244°W
Elevation1,344 ft · 410 m
Time zoneCT (UTC-6/-5 DST)
Passengers / yr0 (2024)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
Fuel—
Bonded—
AIP referenceCYAC — Canada Flight Supplement / NAV CANADA CFS
Operating hoursNo control tower; certified aerodrome open to public. Aerodrome operator staffed approx. 14:00-23:00Z Mon-Fri, excluding holidays (roughly 8am-5pm local). Aerodrome Traffic Frequency (ATF) 123.2 MHz, 5NM/4400ft ASL. Daylight VFR operations only; no published curfew but night ops effectively unsupported (no runway lighting confirmed beyond APAPI approach aids).
TerminalsSmall single terminal/passenger building serving scheduled and charter traffic; no jet bridge, minimal amenities.
Runways (1)
- 11/29 · 1,208 m / 3,963 ft · 30 m wide · Gravel
Airport contact
Fly-in gateway to Cat Lake First Nation (Ojibway, pop. ~650), an Oji-Cree/Anishinaabe community roughly 180km northwest of Sioux Lookout with no year-round road access; a seasonal winter road connects to Pickle Lake. North Star Air and Slate Falls Airways run daily scheduled passenger/cargo service to Sioux Lookout, with Perimeter Aviation also providing scheduled service and Wasaya serving the wider Sioux Lookout remote-community network; gravel strip, unattended outside limited aerodrome-operator hours.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 3 providers
North Star Air
Scheduled carrier self-handles at Cat Lake; as the sole scheduled operator serving this remote fly-in community with no separate FBO or ground handler present, North Star Air's own station staff load/offload aircraft and perform general ground support. Cat Lake is one of North Star Air's 11 named First Nation community partners per the airline's website.
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Slate Falls Airways
Slate Falls Airways operates scheduled flights (up to 4x daily on-demand legs) between Slate Falls/Sioux Lookout and Cat Lake and self-handles its own aircraft turnarounds at Cat Lake; no separate FBO or ground handler exists at this airport.
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Perimeter Aviation
Wikipedia's Cat Lake Airport article (unreferenced section) lists Perimeter Aviation flying Cat Lake-Sioux Lookout, and Cat Lake-YAC appears as a valid destination in Perimeter's own cargo flight-schedule search tool; however Cat Lake is not on Perimeter's current public passenger flight-schedules destination list, so active/self-handling status at this airport is unconfirmed.
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Aircraft fuel
Not listed
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
North Star Air
North Star Air operates scheduled passenger, charter and cargo service to Cat Lake; station staff handle freight acceptance, weight-and-balance and delivery, as no third-party cargo handler is present at this remote strip.
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Slate Falls Airways
Slate Falls Airways carries economy and expedited freight to Cat Lake (rated per lb with minimum charges) using its own DHC-3T Turbo Otter and other fleet aircraft, self-handling cargo acceptance and delivery at the strip.
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Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
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Hotel & travel
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