Lloydminster Airport

Lloydminster Airport
Lloydminster Airport
	Lloydminster Airport
	IATA: YLL; ICAO: CYLL; WMO: 71871;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	City of Lloydminster
Serves	Lloydminster, Alberta / Saskatchewan
Location	Lloydminster, Alberta
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	2,194 ft / 669 m
Coordinates	53°18′38″N 110°04′27″W / 53.31056°N 110.07417°W
Website	https://www.lloydminster.ca/en/living-in-lloydminster/lloydminster-municipal-airport.aspx
Map
	CYLL Location in Alberta CYLL CYLL (Canada)
Runways
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	14,680
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada

Lloydminster Airport (IATA: YLL, ICAO: CYLL) is located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada.

History

Built in 1981 for $6.3 million^[4] to replace the previous Lloydminster Airport, the new airport serves as the largest airport in the region. Despite the City of Lloydminster's status as a border city straddling the provincial border, the airport is located entirely within Alberta, whereas the old airport was within Saskatchewan. Remnants of the old airport are still visible today at 53°17′54.45″N 110°00′03.85″W / 53.2984583°N 110.0010694°W / 53.2984583; -110.0010694 (Old Lloydminster Airport).

Historical Airline Service

On November 24, 2017, WestJet announced that it had signed a deal with Pacific Coastal Airlines to launch a new regional air carrier called WestJet Link. The goal of this partnership was to connect smaller communities in both Alberta and British Columbia. Lloydminster was one of those communities. Although the launch date was supposed to be March 8, 2018, it wound up being delayed until June 21.^[5] On February 18, 2021, WestJet announced the suspension of service to Lloydminster and three other destinations due to low demand stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] On December 14, 2023, WestJet permanently grounded service to Lloydminster,^[7] and the following day, city council announced it had request further meetings with WestJet to discuss that decision.^[8] On January 30, 2024, representatives from the city council, including the mayor, did meet with WestJet in Calgary to plead their case, pointing to the newly-upgraded runway and ability for customs clearance as reasons why the airline should continue to service Lloydminster. However, that did nothing to change WestJet's mind, who announced their departure from YLL would occur on April 15.^[9] A month after the airline left, the city council commissioned aviation consultancy firm HM Aero to commence a study on the viability of new air service. However, the results will not be released until the study's conclusion sometime between August and September.^[10]

References

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived 2011-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
^ Forgotten Echoes Historical Society (1982). Forgotten echoes: a history of Blackfoot and surrounding area. Blackfoot, Alberta. p. 59. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-08-18.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "WestJet launches new regional air service in Western Canada with Pacific Coastal | Globalnews.ca".
^ https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/westjet-cancels-more-domestic-routes-including-lloydminster-and-medicine-hat ^{[bare URL]}
^ "WestJet grounds its Lloydminster Link service". 14 December 2023.
^ "City of Lloydminster seeks talks with WestJet over flight cessation". 15 December 2023.
^ "WestJet sticks to plan to end flights to Lloydminster". 12 February 2024.
^ https://meridiansource.ca/?p=24694 ^{[bare URL]}

External links

Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Lloydminster Airport from Nav Canada as available.
Place to Fly on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory

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[CFS-1] Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.

[2] Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived 2011-12-01 at the Wayback Machine

[move-3] Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations

[4] Forgotten Echoes Historical Society (1982). Forgotten echoes: a history of Blackfoot and surrounding area. Blackfoot, Alberta. p. 59. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-08-18.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[5] "WestJet launches new regional air service in Western Canada with Pacific Coastal | Globalnews.ca".

[6] ttps://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/westjet-cancels-more-domestic-routes-including-lloydminster-and-medicine-hat ^{[bare URL]}

[7] "WestJet grounds its Lloydminster Link service". 14 December 2023.

[8] "City of Lloydminster seeks talks with WestJet over flight cessation". 15 December 2023.

[9] "WestJet sticks to plan to end flights to Lloydminster". 12 February 2024.

[10] ttps://meridiansource.ca/?p=24694 ^{[bare URL]}

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