AviatDataSioux Lookout Airport YXL / CYXL
Sioux Lookout, Ontario · Canada · Municipality of Sioux Lookout
137kpax · 2023
Limited hoursJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATACYXL / YXL
OperatorMunicipality of Sioux Lookout
Coordinates50.1136°N, 91.9056°W
Elevation1,257 ft · 383 m
Time zoneCT (UTC-6/-5 DST)
Passengers / yr137,000 (2023)
CustomsNo
Border controlNo
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceCYXL — Canada Flight Supplement / NAV CANADA CFS
Operating hoursCertified airport, open to the public; airport administration office hours Mon-Fri 09:00-16:00 (closed weekends), but airline/charter/medevac operations run 7 days/week per carrier schedules. No formal curfew published; not PPR for scheduled/charter traffic. Mandatory frequency area (MF 122.0, 5 NM / 4300 ft ASL); no control tower and no staffed on-site Flight Service Station — flight planning, weather briefings and remote radio (RCO) service are provided by NAV CANADA's London Flight Information Centre ("London Radio", 1-866-WXBRIEF). Fuel (100LL/Jet A-1) available limited hours only (approx. 1230-0500Z Sun-Fri, 1230-0400Z Sat) via airport fuel service.
TerminalsSingle terminal building, expanded and renovated in 2018 (from roughly 16,000 to over 33,000 sq ft); includes a restaurant (operated by Windigo Catering), a convenience/grab-and-go store, car rental counters, and a dedicated quiet lounge/triage area for elders and medical passengers; serves as passenger/cargo hub for numerous fly-in First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario.
Runways (1)
- 16/34 · 1,615 m / 5,300 ft · 30 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Known as the 'Hub of the North,' YXL is the principal air-transport gateway for dozens of fly-in Oji-Cree and Ojibway First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario, connecting via Bearskin Airlines/Perimeter Aviation, Wasaya Airways, North Star Air and Slate Falls Airways to remote gravel-strip settlements (e.g. Sandy Lake, Pikangikum, Deer Lake, Bearskin Lake, Cat Lake) that have no year-round road access; the airport also supports significant medevac and medical-travel traffic (including to Sioux Lookout's Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre) and freight service critical to these communities.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 5 providers
Sioux Lookout Airport (Municipality of Sioux Lookout)
Airport provides aircraft parking with electrical plug-in availability on the Main Apron for based and transient aircraft.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Wasaya Airways
Wasaya self-handles its own scheduled and charter operations at its Sioux Lookout base, the airline's main hub for passenger service to 21 First Nation communities in Northwestern Ontario.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Bearskin Airlines / Perimeter Aviation
Bearskin Airlines, now an integrated division of Perimeter Aviation, self-handles its own scheduled flights at Sioux Lookout, where the airline established a base of operations in 1978.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
North Star Air
North Star Air self-handles its own scheduled passenger and charter flights from its Sioux Lookout base, one of the carrier's Ontario/Manitoba bases.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Slate Falls Airways
Slate Falls Airways self-handles its own scheduled, charter, and sightseeing floatplane flights, operating a 4,800 sq ft hangar at its Sioux Lookout floatplane base on Pelican Lake.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 2 providers
Sioux Lookout Airport (Municipality of Sioux Lookout)
Airport-operated fuel service is a World Fuel Services dealer supplying Jet A-1 with FSII; after-hours call-out fueling is available on request at the fee posted in the Airport Fees and Regulations document.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Morgan Fuels
Independent local supplier operating a self-service cardlock for 100LL avgas at Sioux Lookout Airport; cited by the airport itself as the avgas source alongside its own Jet A-1 fuel service.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Unconfirmed · 2 providers
Wasaya Airways
Wasaya maintains an aircraft hangar at Sioux Lookout supporting its own fleet; scope of any third-party MRO work is unconfirmed.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Bearskin Airlines / Perimeter Aviation
Perimeter's Sioux Lookout facility (Hangar 7, Airport Road) provides ground support for the airline's own fleet, and Perimeter Aviation holds a company-wide Approved Maintenance Organization certification; whether base-level heavy maintenance (versus line support only) is performed at this specific hangar is not independently confirmed.
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
Wasaya Airways
Wasaya operates a freight/cargo office at Sioux Lookout handling small parcels, envelopes, and larger freight shipments to remote communities via its scheduled network. · Cargo Mon-Fri 06:00-17:00; hangar Mon-Fri 08:00-16:00
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
North Star Air
North Star Air operates a dedicated cargo terminal at 1 Airport Rd, Sioux Lookout, serving freight to remote Northern communities; dangerous goods are not accepted on weekend days. · Sun-Fri 08:30-17:00 (at hangar); Sat 09:00-15:00 (at counter)
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Verified 2 months ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Not listed
Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Not listed