Pickle Lake Airport

Pickle Lake Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment of Ontario (Ministry of Transportation of Ontario)
LocationPickle Lake, Ontario
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL1,268 ft / 386 m
Coordinates51°26′47″N 090°12′48″W / 51.44639°N 90.21333°W / 51.44639; -90.21333
Map
CYPL is located in Ontario
CYPL
CYPL
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 5,217 1,590 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements18,698

Pickle Lake Airport (IATA: YPL, ICAO: CYPL) is located 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km; 0.81 mi) southwest of Pickle Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
North Star Air Thunder Bay
Wasaya Airways Sioux Lookout

Accidents and incidents

  • On 12 May 1977, Douglas R4D-1 C-FBKV of Patricia Air Services was written off in an accident. One person was killed.[4]
  • On 11 May 1987, Douglas C-47B C-FADD of Air Manitoba crashed near Pickle Lake after a structural failure of the port wing. The aircraft was on a domestic cargo flight from Big Trout Lake Airport to Pickle Lake Airport. Both crew were killed.[5]
  • On 17 March 2017, Basler BT-67 C-FKGL of Private Air crashed on take-off for Big Trout Airport, Ontario. All three crew survived.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  4. ^ "C-FBKV Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  5. ^ "C-FADD Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  6. ^ "C-FKGL accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 29 March 2017.