Airports / Canada / YKX
Kirkland Lake Airport
CYKX / YKXKirkland Lake, CanadaELEV 1,157 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
31 nm
To the nearest alternate
Earlton (Timiskaming Regional) Airport (YXR) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Kirkland Lake Airport (CYKX / YKX) sits in Kirkland Lake, Canada, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 1,157 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 YKX for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Earlton (Timiskaming Regional) Airport (YXR, 31 nm), Rouyn Noranda Airport (YUY, 46 nm), and Timmins/Victor M. Power (YTS, 60 nm).
Charter pricing from YKX depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Kirkland Lake.
Field capability
ICAO
CYKX
IATA
YKX
FAA / Local
CYKX
Elevation
1,157 ft
Coordinates
48.2103° N · 79.9814° 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 1,157 ft, YKX sits higher than 68% 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.
- 31nmYXREarlton (Timiskaming Regional) AirportEarlton
- 46nmYUYRouyn Noranda AirportRouyn-Noranda
- 60nmYTSTimmins/Victor M. PowerTimmins
- 68nmYCNCochrane AirportCochrane
- 72nmYEYAmos/Magny AirportAmos
- 89nmYVOVal-d'Or AirportVal-d'Or
Location
Open the full mapCYKX · Kirkland Lake Airport · Kirkland Lake, Canada