Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport

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Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport
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Summary
OwnerTransport Canada
OperatorInvest Ottawa
Location Killaloe, Ontario
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
  Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation  AMSL 595 ft / 181 m
Coordinates 45°39′47″N077°36′10″W / 45.66306°N 77.60278°W / 45.66306; -77.60278
Map
Canada Ontario location map 2.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
CYXI
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
11/296,6002,012Decaying asphalt
Sign erected by Transport Canada warning against trespassing BonnechereAirport-Sign.JPG
Sign erected by Transport Canada warning against trespassing

Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport, formerlery IATA : YXI, ICAO : CYXI, near Killaloe, Ontario, Canada, was built by the Canadian Department of Transportation (later Transport Canada) in 1952 as a Cold War airstrip for interceptors. It is used as a drones and robotics test facility, owned by TC, operated by Invest Ottawa and open to innovators, academia, all levels of government, and the public.

The associated VOR, YXI, was decommissioned in 2021 by Nav Canada.

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