Elliot Lake Municipal Airport

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.

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
Map
CYEL
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 4,495 1,370 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements5,246
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada.[3]

Facilities
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]

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 and flies to and from Elliot Lake[6]
  • Mining company transport – 2 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 airport with scheduled passenger services is 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
  • NDB: Elliot Lake (YEL), 276 kHz, 2.7 nautical miles (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) 123° to airport

References
  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. Elliot Lake Airport - General Information
  6. Air Bravo Corp - Air Ambulance
  7. Hope Air
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