Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport Explained

Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport
Iata:YXI
Icao:CYXI
Owner:Transport Canada
Operator:Invest Ottawa
Location:Killaloe, Ontario
Timezone:EST
Summer:EDT
Elevation-F:595
Coordinates:45.6631°N -77.6028°W
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Label:CYXI
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ontario
R1-Number:11/29
R1-Length-F:6,600
R1-Length-M:2,012
R1-Surface:Decaying asphalt

Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport, formerlery, near Killaloe, Ontario, Canada, was built by the Canadian Department of Transportation (later Transport Canada) in 1952 as a Cold War airstrip for interceptors. It is used as a drones and robotics test facility, owned by TC, operated by Invest Ottawa and open to innovators, academia, all levels of government, and the public.

The associated VOR, YXI, was decommissioned in 2021 by Nav Canada.

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