Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport | |||||||||||
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| Owner | Transport Canada | ||||||||||
| Operator | Invest Ottawa | ||||||||||
| Location | Killaloe, Ontario | ||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 595 ft / 181 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°39′47″N 077°36′10″W / 45.66306°N 77.60278°W | ||||||||||
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  CYXI Location in Ontario | |||||||||||
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Sign erected by Transport Canada warning against trespassing
Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport (IATA: YXI, ICAO: CYXI), 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.
External links
- Historical recollections of the airport
- Satellite photo of the former airport
- Bonnechere / Killaloe Airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
- Accident history for YXI: Killaloe Airport at Aviation Safety Network
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