Pickle Lake Airport

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Airport type Public Location Pickle Lake, Ontario Elevation AMSL 1,267 ft / 386 m Code YPL Phone +1 807-928-2342		Operator Government of Ontario Time zone EST (UTC−05:00) 09/27 4,921 Elevation 386 m Province Ontario

Address 2 Airport Rd, Pickle Lake, ON P0V 3A0, Canada

Pickle Lake Airport, (IATA: YPL, ICAO: CYPL), is located 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km; 0.81 mi) southwest of Pickle Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is serviced by North Star Air and Wasaya Airways with regular scheduled flights from Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout.

Accidents and incidents

On 12 May 1977, Douglas R4D-1 C-FBKV of Patricia Air Services was written off in an accident. One person was killed.

On 11 May 1987, Douglas C-47B C-FADD of Air Manitoba crashed near Pickle Lake after a structural failure of the port wing. The aircraft was on a domestic cargo flight from Big Trout Lake Airport to Pickle Lake Airport. Both crew were killed.

On 17 March 2017, Basler BT-67 C-FKGL of Private Air crashed on take-off for Big Trout Airport, Ontario. All three crew survived.

References

Pickle Lake Airport Wikipedia

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