AviatDataPickle Lake Airport YPL / CYPL
Pickle Lake, Ontario · Canada · Ontario Ministry of Transportation - Remote Airports Ontario (RAO)
Limited hoursJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATACYPL / YPL
OperatorOntario Ministry of Transportation - Remote Airports Ontario (RAO)
Coordinates51.4464°N, 90.2136°W
Elevation1,268 ft · 386 m
Time zoneCT (UTC-6/-5 DST)
Passengers / yr—
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceCYPL — Canada Flight Supplement / NAV CANADA CFS
Operating hoursNo control tower; certified public airport operating on Mandatory Frequency (MF) 122.2 via Thunder Bay Radio (AWOS 127.675); runway condition reports issued weekdays approx. 0800-1700 local; daylight-oriented VFR/IFR operations, PAPI on both ends of 09/27 but no confirmed runway edge lighting for night ops; no published curfew.
TerminalsSingle small terminal shared by Wasaya Airways and North Star Air, functioning as the transfer point for passengers, freight and fuel bound for surrounding First Nation communities.
Runways (1)
- 09/27 · 1,590 m / 5,217 ft · 30 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Pickle Lake sits at the end of Highway 599, the northernmost point on Ontario's all-season road network, making its airport the key gateway for fly-in and winter-road service to over a dozen First Nation communities (Bearskin Lake, Kasabonika, Wapekeka, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug/Big Trout Lake and others) and a staging point for Ring of Fire mineral-exploration traffic. Wasaya Airways, a First Nations-owned carrier headquartered in Thunder Bay, runs a secondary base here (with North Star Air maintaining a cargo hub on the field) alongside its primary hubs at Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout; note that Pickle Lake itself technically observes Eastern Standard Time year-round without DST, so confirm the current UTC offset before scheduling despite its Central-time grouping in this directory.
Services
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On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
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Ground handling
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Wasaya Airways LP
Wasaya operates a sub-base at Pickle Lake with its own hangar and apron and self-handles ramp/ground operations for its scheduled flights; TSB investigation report A15C0163 describes the pilot reporting for duty at the Wasaya hangar at CYPL and a Wasaya ground crew loading cargo on the apron for flight WSG127.
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Aircraft fuel
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Wasaya Airways LP
Wasaya self-handles Jet A fueling of its own aircraft at Pickle Lake using a company fuel-handling technician who confirms the planned fuel load with the pilot and verifies wing fuel distribution against cockpit indicators, per TSB report A15C0163.
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North Star Air Ltd.
North Star Air operates the aviation fuel farm at Pickle Lake (above-ground fixed storage tanks placarded by fuel type) supplying Jet A-1 and AVGAS, and into-plane fuels third-party operators such as SkyCare Air Ambulance in addition to its own based aircraft; per TSB investigation report A23C0096.
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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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Cargo handling
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Wasaya Airways LP
Wasaya self-handles freight for its own scheduled passenger/cargo network from Pickle Lake, serving First Nation communities such as Bearskin Lake and Wapekeka (Angling Lake) with Cessna 208B Caravan aircraft configured with cargo pods; confirmed via Wasaya's Pickle Lake base page and TSB report A15C0163, which documents a Wasaya cargo flight (WSG127) from CYPL to Angling Lake/Wapekeka.
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North Star Air Ltd.
North Star Air's Pickle Lake facility (15 Airport Rd) is one of the airline's dedicated cargo hubs, basing a Basler BT-67 (DC-3) freighter there to serve numerous First Nations communities including Bearskin Lake, Cat Lake and Wapekeka (Angling Lake); confirmed via North Star Air's Cargo Locations and Big Cargo pages and its Wikipedia fleet/base listing.
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