AviatDataBig Trout Lake Airport YTL / CYTL
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (Big Trout Lake), Ontario · Canada · Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) — Remote Airports Ontario, managed locally via Airport Management Council of Ontario (AMCO)
Limited hoursJet A-1
ICAO / IATACYTL / YTL
OperatorMinistry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) — Remote Airports Ontario, managed locally via Airport Management Council of Ontario (AMCO)
Coordinates53.8178°N, 89.8969°W
Elevation730 ft · 222 m
Time zoneCT (UTC-6/-5 DST)
Passengers / yr—
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceCYTL — Canada Flight Supplement / NAV CANADA CFS
Operating hoursAttended approx. 14:00-23:00Z Mon-Fri, excluding holidays (roughly 08:00-17:00 CST / 09:00-18:00 CDT local); closed weekends/holidays. Unattended outside these hours — no tower, CTAF/MF 123.2, advise 5NM/3800 ASL. No scheduled night operations; PPR recommended outside attended hours. AWOS available (807-537-2516).
TerminalsSingle small terminal building with prefabricated steel structures; manual air stairs and baggage carts used to service aircraft (no jet bridges).
Runways (1)
- 14/32 · 1,191 m / 3,906 ft · 30 m wide · Gravel
Airport contact
Big Trout Lake Airport is the sole year-round transportation link for Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI), an Oji-Cree First Nation (Treaty 9/James Bay) of roughly 1,000-1,200 residents on the north shore of Big Trout Lake in Ontario's far northwest; there is no year-round road access, only a seasonal winter ice road. Wasaya Airways (Indigenous-owned, Thunder Bay/Sioux Lookout-based) is the primary scheduled carrier, linking YTL to Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay, Bearskin Lake, Kasabonika, Wapekeka and Wunnummin Lake for passengers, freight, mail and medevac; North Star Air also serves the community. The single gravel runway (14/32) is subject to seasonal strength/condition variation typical of remote fly-in First Nations airstrips.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Wasaya Airways
Wasaya Airways is the primary scheduled carrier serving Big Trout Lake (YTL); Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug is listed as an owner community of the airline. Flights into YTL are operated out of Wasaya's Sioux Lookout and Pickle Lake bases (not Red Lake, whose service area covers a separate set of communities). No third-party FBO or ground handler is listed for this remote fly-in airstrip, and as is typical for stations like this, Wasaya self-handles its own passenger, baggage, and ramp operations.
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North Star Air Ltd.
As a scheduled freight/charter operator visiting a remote fly-in strip with no known third-party ground handler, North Star Air likely self-handles its own cargo ramp operations at YTL, consistent with the pattern at similar stations; explicit self-handling confirmation was not found on North Star Air's website.
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Aircraft fuel
Not listed
De-icing
Not listed
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
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
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Ground support equipment
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Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
Wasaya Airways
Wasaya Airways provides scheduled freight service into Big Trout Lake as part of its Pickle Lake cargo network, self-handling its own cargo loading and unloading as the community's resident/owner-affiliated carrier. A specific weekly flight frequency for this route (e.g. a fixed number of days per week) was not published on Wasaya's site and could not be independently confirmed.
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North Star Air Ltd.
North Star Air operates scheduled cargo and charter air service to Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (Big Trout Lake), with dedicated freight service from its Pickle Lake base carrying food, retail, and general freight plus bulk diesel, gas, and Jet-A fuel transport into the community; this fuel transport is community resupply cargo, not aircraft-refueling FBO service. Specific weekly flight frequency was not published and could not be confirmed.
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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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