Manitowaning/Manitoulin East Municipal Airport
Manitowaning/Manitoulin East Municipal Airport, (IATA: YEM, ICAO: CYEM), is located 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km; 8.6 mi) north of Manitowaning, Ontario, Canada.
Manitowaning/Manitoulin East Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands and the Township of Assiginack | ||||||||||
| Operator | Manitoulin East Municipal Airport Commission | ||||||||||
| Location | Manitowaning, Ontario | ||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 870 ft / 265 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°50′33″N 081°51′27″W | ||||||||||
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  CYEM Location in Ontario | |||||||||||
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Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] | |||||||||||
The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from the Gore Bay-Manitoulin Airport. CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.
The small terminal building has a food service and car rental office. Hangars and tie down allows aircraft to remain at the airport.
The airport opened in 1988 and serves as an air ambulance transfer hub in the region to Toronto and Sudbury, thus is open year-round.[2]
See also
References
- Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- "New runway taking shape at Manitoulin airport". Northern Ontario Business. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
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