Sioux Lookout Airport

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Sioux Lookout Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMunicipality of Sioux Lookout
Location Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Opened1933
Hub for
Time zone CST (UTC−06:00)
 • Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation  AMSL 1,257 ft / 383 m
Coordinates 50°06′49″N091°54′20″W / 50.11361°N 91.90556°W / 50.11361; -91.90556
Map
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CYXL
Location in Ontario
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CYXL
CYXL (Canada)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
16/345,3001,615Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements28,564
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement [1]
Environment Canada [2]
Movements from Statistics Canada [3]

Sioux Lookout Airport( IATA : YXL, ICAO : CYXL) is a regional airport located in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada. It is known locally as the "Hub of the North". [4] The airport opened in 1933. In the 1930s, it was reported to be the second-busiest airport in North America, after Chicago Midway International Airport. [5] Today, the airport is a "mini-hub" facilitating travel to and from many northern communities in Northwestern Ontario. [5]

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History

Western Canada Airways, formed in 1926, was the first company to operate flights servicing Sioux Lookout. In 1946, Hudson Bay Air Transport began operations at Sioux Lookout. [5]

In 1974, the Municipality of Sioux Lookout bought the airport from the Federal Ministry of Transportation. [5]

In the early 2000s, the airport was averaging about 120,000 passengers per year and 30,000 aircraft movements per year. [4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
North Star Air [6] Bearskin Lake, Cat Lake, North Spirit Lake, Poplar Hill, Sachigo Lake, Thunder Bay, Weagamow
Perimeter Aviation [7] Deer Lake, North Spirit Lake, Pikangikum, Sachigo Lake, Sandy Lake, Weagamow
Slate Falls Airways [8] Cat Lake, Slate Falls
Wasaya Airways [9] Thunder Bay (daily), and passenger service to 21 First Nation communities

Tenants

See also

References

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 27 November 2025 to 0901Z 22 January 2026.
  2. ↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
  4. 1 2 "Sioux Lookout Ready For An Exciting Expansion". www.thunderbaybusiness.ca. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Sioux Lookout Airport Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "North Star Air Ltd. - Flex Flights Route Map" . Retrieved November 3, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Perimeter Aviation - Flight Schedules" . Retrieved November 3, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Slate Falls Airways - Scheduled Flights" . Retrieved November 3, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Wasaya Airways - Destinations" . Retrieved November 3, 2025.
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