Airports / Canada / YEL
Elliot Lake Municipal Airport
CYEL / YELElliot Lake, CanadaELEV 1,087 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
28 nm
To the nearest alternate
Gore Bay Manitoulin Airport (YZE) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Elliot Lake Municipal Airport, listed as CYEL / YEL, is a mid-sized airport in Elliot Lake, Canada. The airport sits 1,087 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into YEL for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Gore Bay Manitoulin Airport (YZE, 28 nm), Manitoulin East Municipal Airport (YEM, 42 nm), and Sudbury Airport (YSB, 75 nm).
Charter pricing from YEL depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Elliot Lake.
Field capability
ICAO
CYEL
IATA
YEL
FAA / Local
CYEL
Elevation
1,087 ft
Coordinates
46.3514° N · 82.5614° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Canada fields
state range 6–3,940 ft
At 1,087 ft, YEL sits higher than 64% of the 250 Canada fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 28nmYZEGore Bay Manitoulin AirportGore Bay
- 42nmYEMManitoulin East Municipal AirportSheguiandah
- 75nmYSBSudbury AirportSudbury
- 79nmCIUChippewa County International AirportKincheloe
- 81nmYAMSault Ste Marie AirportSault Ste Marie
- 87nmAPNAlpena County Regional AirportAlpena
Location
Open the full mapCYEL · Elliot Lake Municipal Airport · Elliot Lake, Canada