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.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | City of Elliot Lake | ||||||||||
| Location | Elliot Lake | ||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,086 ft / 331 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°21′06″N 082°33′40″W / 46.35167°N 82.56111°W | ||||||||||
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Facilities
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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
editThere 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
editGeneral
edit- Magnetic Variation: 9° west
The aerodrome is operated by the City of Elliot Lake and is registered by Transport Canada.
Runways
edit- Runway 12/30: 4,495 by 100 ft (1,370 by 30 m), paved, lighted, PAPI type 2 approach lighting at both ends
Communications
edit- Unicom/ATF: Elliot Lake Unicom/Traffic 123.0 MHz
- PAL: Toronto Centre 135.4 MHz
AWOS 122.175
Navigation aid
edit- 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
edit- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
- ^ Elliot Lake Airport at COPA
- ^ a b Elliot Lake Airport - General Information
- ^ Air Bravo Corp - Air Ambulance
- ^ Hope Air
External links
edit- Airport website
- Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Elliot Lake Municipal Airport from Nav Canada as available.