YXLCYXL

Sioux Lookout Airport

Sioux Lookout, Canada · North America

North America America/Winnipeg IVCA 42.9

18direct destinations

4airlines

1runway

1,615 mLongest runway

1933opened

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". 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. Today, the airport is a "mini-hub" facilitating travel to and from many northern communities in Northwestern Ontario.

Location

50.114°N, 91.905°O · 383 m s. n. m. (1.258 ft)

General data

CountryCanada

CitySioux Lookout

IATA codeYXL

ICAO codeCYXL

Coordinates50.114°N, 91.905°O

Elevation383 m s. n. m. (1.258 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Winnipeg

Runways1

Longest runway1,615 m

Opened1933

Direct destinations18

Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 1

16/34

Length1,615 m5,299 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

ATIS (automatic information)

124.750

Approach

122.000MF · INFO

Flight information

126.000WINNIPEG RDO

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

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.

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

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

Airlines operating here · 4

Other airlines with direct routes

Wasaya Airways Bearskin Airlines North Star Air Perimeter Aviation

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: J Hazard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · view original

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Sioux Lookout Airport (YXL). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YXL

MLA

“Sioux Lookout Airport (YXL).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YXL. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Sioux Lookout Airport (YXL). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YXL (Accessed: 23 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_yxl,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Sioux Lookout Airport (YXL)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YXL},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YXL}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

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