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Leaf Rapids Airport

Leaf Rapids, Canada

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CYLR

Elevation

959 ft

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Location

Leaf Rapids · MB · Canada

Position

56.513°, -99.985° · 959 ft elev.

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Remote northern Manitoba gateway serving Leaf Rapids community.

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Leaf Rapids, Canada

Leaf Rapids Airport (IATA: YLR, ICAO: CYLR) is a small regional airport located in Leaf Rapids, a remote mining community in northern Manitoba, Canada. The airport provides essential air access to a town that has limited road connectivity, making aviation a critical link for residents and resource industries in the region. The airport serves general aviation and scheduled regional flights, supporting the local population as well as activities related to the surrounding boreal wilderness. Its operations are typical of remote northern Canadian airports, with basic infrastructure suited to smaller turboprop aircraft. Leaf Rapids itself was established in the early 1970s as a planned community built around copper and zinc mining operations. The airport has historically supported the economic and social needs of this isolated settlement in the Churchill region of Manitoba.

Terminals

The airport has a simple, small terminal facility consistent with a remote northern community airport with limited passenger amenities.

Getting to & from

Ground transport options from the airport are minimal, with personal vehicles and local taxi services being the primary means of reaching the town of Leaf Rapids.

Airlines here

Regional carriers providing scheduled service to northern Manitoba communities have historically operated at Leaf Rapids, though current scheduled service may be limited or subject to change.

Notable facts

›Leaf Rapids is a planned town built in the early 1970s to support a copper and zinc mining operation.
›The airport's elevation is approximately 1,178 feet (359 metres) above sea level.
›The airport serves a community with a population of only a few hundred people.
›Road access to Leaf Rapids is available via Highway 391, but the remote location makes air travel important.
›The airport is owned and operated under Transport Canada's remote airport network.

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This is a list of airports in Manitoba. It includes all Nav Canada certified and registered water and land airports, aerodromes and heliports in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Airport names in italics are part of the National Airports System.

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