Elliot Lake Municipal Airport

Elliot Lake Municipal Airport
Elliot Lake Municipal Airport
	IATA: YEL; ICAO: CYEL; WMO: 71268;
Summary
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
Map
	CYEL Location in Ontario
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	5,246
	Source: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada

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

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

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

General

Magnetic Variation: 9° west

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

Runways

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

Communications

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

AWOS 122.175

Navigation aid

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

^ 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

Airport website
Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Elliot Lake Municipal Airport from Nav Canada as available.

[CFS-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

[move-3] Total aircraft movements by class of operation

[4] Elliot Lake Airport at COPA

[aero-5] Elliot Lake Airport - General Information

[6] Air Bravo Corp - Air Ambulance

[7] Hope Air

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