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Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL) is a regional aerodrome serving the town of Sioux Lookout in northwestern Ontario, long known locally as the "Hub of the North" for its role linking southern Ontario with dozens of remote First Nations communities. For the visiting VFR pilot it offers two lit hard-surfaced runways, an uncontrolled but well-used airspace environment, and a busy mix of scheduled, charter and medevac traffic.
Sioux Lookout Airport lies at the town of Sioux Lookout in the Kenora District of northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is a regional hub airport operated by the Municipality of Sioux Lookout, historically nicknamed the "Hub of the North" for the volume of traffic it once handled and for its continuing role as a gateway to remote northern communities. For a simulator pilot it is an interesting northern Ontario destination combining bush and regional airline operations, medevac flights, and a strong history dating back to the earliest days of Canadian commercial aviation.
The airport sits at coordinates 50.1141 N, 91.9055 W at an elevation of 1,243 feet, on the outskirts of the town of Sioux Lookout in northwestern Ontario. It functions as an uncontrolled aerodrome using a Mandatory Frequency procedure rather than a control tower.
Sioux Lookout has one physical runway, 16/34, of hard (asphalt) surface with runway lighting. The 34 threshold is listed at 5,288 feet and the 16 threshold at 5,009 feet. Both ends are lit, and there is no ILS approach at the field.
The aerodrome operates on a Mandatory Frequency of 122 MHz. An ATIS broadcast is available on 124.75 MHz, and a remote communications outlet linking to Winnipeg Radio is provided on 126 MHz, with a further radio frequency of 122 MHz also listed for the facility. There is no ILS at Sioux Lookout, so approaches are conducted visually or by other non-precision means.
Sioux Lookout Airport opened in 1933. Western Canada Airways, formed in 1926, was the first operator to serve the field, and Hudson Bay Air Transport began operations there in 1946. During the 1930s the airport was reported to be the second-busiest in North America, after Chicago Midway International Airport, reflecting its importance as a staging point for flights into the remote north. Ownership passed from the Federal Ministry of Transportation to the Municipality of Sioux Lookout in 1974, and the field has continued since as a key regional and community air link.
Sioux Lookout is licensed as a public aerodrome and remains a busy regional hub, handling scheduled flights by operators including Perimeter Aviation, Wasaya Airways and North Star Air, together with charter operators such as Skycare Air Ambulance, Bamaji Air, Slate Falls Airways, Superior Airways and Thunder Air. The field is also a base for Ornge medevac operations flying Pilatus PC-12 aircraft, and hosts maintenance facilities for Wasaya Airways and Bearskin Airlines. Jet A-1 fuel with FSII is available through a World Fuel Service dealer, with after-hours call-out fuelling available on request.
