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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

Pickle Lake Airport

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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