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Elliot Lake Municipal Airport

Coordinates: 46°21′06″N 082°33′40″W / 46.35167°N 82.56111°W / 46.35167; -82.56111
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Elliot Lake Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCity of Elliot Lake
LocationElliot Lake
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL1,086 ft / 331 m
Coordinates46°21′06″N 082°33′40″W / 46.35167°N 82.56111°W / 46.35167; -82.56111
Map
CYEL is located in Ontario
CYEL
CYEL
Location in Ontario
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 4,495 1,370 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements5,246

Elliot Lake Municipal Airport (IATA: YEL, ICAO: CYEL) is a registered aerodrome located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southeast of the city of Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Facilities

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Elliot Lake Airport terminal building

The airport consists of a small brick single storey terminal building. Other than a small waiting area there are no other services inside. Food is available for pilots only.[4][better source needed]

To the west of the terminal are storage sheds and hangars for general aviation aircraft.

Tenants

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There are no schedule airlines operating to and from this airport, but facilities exists to handle them.[5]

Current tenants include:[5]

  • Air Bravo – air ambulance operator based in Blind River, Ontario; flies to and from Elliot Lake[6]
  • Mining company transport – two flights transport to Red Lake every two weeks
  • Dynamex – logistics and freight services operator flies to and from Elliot Lake on contracts to clients in the area
  • Private flight for an ear/nose/throat specialist who flies into Elliot Lake once a week
  • Hope Air – provides free medical transport to those in need in the area[7]

The closest airports with scheduled passenger services are Sault Ste. Marie Airport and Greater Sudbury Airport.

Technical information

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General

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  • Magnetic Variation: 9° west

The aerodrome is operated by the City of Elliot Lake and is registered by Transport Canada.

Runways

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  • Runway 12/30: 4,495 by 100 ft (1,370 by 30 m), paved, lighted, PAPI type 2 approach lighting at both ends

Communications

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  • Unicom/ATF: Elliot Lake Unicom/Traffic 123.0 MHz
  • PAL: Toronto Centre 135.4 MHz

AWOS 122.175

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  • NDB: Elliot Lake (YEL), 276 kHz, 2.7 nautical miles (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) 123° to airport. As of recently (2022) however, the NDB has been decommissioned.

References

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  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  4. ^ Elliot Lake Airport at COPA
  5. ^ a b Elliot Lake Airport - General Information
  6. ^ Air Bravo Corp - Air Ambulance
  7. ^ Hope Air
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