Airports / Canada / YLK
Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport
CYLS / YLKBarrie, CanadaELEV 972 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
20 nm
To the nearest alternate
Huronia Airport (CYEE) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport, listed as CYLS / YLK, is a mid-sized airport in Barrie, Canada. The airport sits 972 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into YLK for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Huronia Airport (CYEE, 20 nm), Muskoka Airport (YQA, 31 nm), and Oshawa Executive Airport (YOO, 44 nm).
Charter pricing from YLK depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under NB9 and CNB9. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Barrie.
Field capability
ICAO
CYLS
IATA
YLK
FAA / Local
CYLS
Elevation
972 ft
Coordinates
44.4851° N · 79.5547° 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
Yes
Elevation vs Canada fields
state range 6–3,940 ft
At 972 ft, YLK sits higher than 59% 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.
- 20nmCYEEHuronia AirportMidland
- 31nmYQAMuskoka AirportGravenhurst
- 44nmYOOOshawa Executive AirportOshawa
- 46nmCNC3Brampton-Caledon Airport
- 49nmYYZToronto Pearson International AirportToronto
- 52nmYTZBilly Bishop Toronto City AirportToronto
Location
Open the full mapCYLS · Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport · Barrie, Canada