# Wapekeka Airport (YAX)

**Wapekeka Airport** (IATA: YAX) is a small airport in Angling Lake, Ontario, Canada. It has one runway, 1,097 m (3,600 ft) long, gravel. It is operated by Government of Ontario.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ckb6

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YAX / —
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Government of Ontario
- Serves: Angling Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Elevation: 217 m / 712 ft
- Coordinates: 53.8492, -89.5794
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,097 m / 3,600 ft
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Winnipeg
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angling_Lake/Wapekeka_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1334391
- Weather station: CYTL · WMO 71675
- Ident: CKB6

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,097 m / 3,600 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Gravel |  |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [YXL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxl.md) Sioux Lookout Airport · Canada · 445 km / 277 mi · Wasaya Airways, North Star Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YAX, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- [North Star Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/north-star-air) · 1
- WT [Wasaya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wasaya-airways) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,097 m / 3,600 ft | =12,198 of 29,858 | =4,764 in North America | =450 in CA |
| Elevation | 217 m / 712 ft | =23,147 of 43,403 | =11,004 in North America | =962 in CA |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =233 in CA |

## Nearby airports

- [YTL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cytl.md) Big Trout Lake Airport · 21 km / 13 mi
- [XKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyaq.md) Kasabonika Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [KIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cnm5.md) Kingfisher Lake Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [XBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cne3.md) Bearskin Lake Airport · 96 km / 59 mi
- [WNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ckl3.md) Wunnumin Lake Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [SUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cjv7.md) Summer Beaver Airport · 144 km / 90 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angling_Lake/Wapekeka_Airport&oldid=1362959930), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ckb6/data