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Key Lake airport (Canada)
Key Lake airport is located near Key Lake, with Sandy Lake at 65mi↑, Southend Reindeer at 111mi↑, Stanley Mission at 133mi↑, Stony Rapids at 139mi↑, Buffalo Narrows at 146mi↑, La Ronge at 150mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Canada and Southernmost airports in Canada
→ See also airports in Canada
aerial view of Key Lake airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : CYKJ
- IATA code : YKJ
- Local code : -
Elevation : 512 m = 1680ft
→ See also Highest airports in Canada and Lowest airports in Canada
Runways
- runway 03/21 : 1585m = 5200ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Canada
Coming to Key Lake airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : Getyourguide
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Key Lake airport at km : book on Trip.com
- Points North Landing airport at 90mi : book on Trip.com
- Collins Bay airport at 98mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Key Lake airport CYKJ YKJ
METAR for Key Lake airport CYKJ YKJ
SPECI CYKJ 051430Z AUTO 31010G15KT 1 1/2SM -SN BKN024 OVC031 M22/M24 A2981 RMK SLP156
Decoded METAR for Key Lake airport CYKJ YKJ
METAR issued by CYKJ on Friday, December 5, 2025 at 14:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 10 days and 263 hours and -14372 minutes ago.
visibility is 2km = 2sm.
The temperature is -22°C = -8°F, dew point is -24°C = -11°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 84 %.
QNH is 1009hPa = 29.81inHg
Wind 19km/h = 10kt with gusts at 28km/h = 15kt, direction is 310°.
Clouds : broken at 2400ft = 730m. overcast at 3100ft = 940m.
light snow
Remarks : Sea Level Pressure SLP=156
TAF for Key Lake airport CYKJ YKJ
CYKJ 051449Z 0514/0524 33010G20KT P6SM -SN OVC030 TEMPO 0514/0517 2SM -SN OVC020 FM051700 31012G22KT P6SM BKN040 TEMPO 0517/0524 5SM -SN BKN020 RMK FCST BASED ON AUTO OBS. NXT FCST BY 051900Z
Decoded TAF for Key Lake airport CYKJ YKJ
TAF issued by CYKJ on Friday, December 5, 2025 at 14:49 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 10 days and 23 hours and 9 minutes. weather forecast for 10 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, December 5, 2025 à 14:00 heure TU to Friday, December 5, 2025 à 17:00 heure UTC
0514/0524 33010G20KT P6SM -SN OVC030
wind 10kt = 19km/h with gusts at 20kt = 37km/h, direction is 330°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
light snow
overcast at 3000ft = 910m
temporarily from Friday, December 5, 2025 à 14:00 heure TU to Friday, December 5, 2025 à 17:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0514/0517 2SM -SN OVC020
Visibility is 3km = 2sm.
light snow
overcast at 2000ft = 610m
from Friday, December 5, 2025 à 17:00 heure TU to Friday, December 5, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM051700 31012G22KT P6SM BKN040
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 22kt = 41km/h, direction is 310°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 4000ft = 1220m
temporarily from Friday, December 5, 2025 à 17:00 heure TU to Friday, December 5, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0517/0524 5SM -SN BKN020
Visibility is 8km = 5sm.
light snow
broken at 2000ft = 610m
NOTAM for Key Lake airport
Around Key Lake airport (Canada)
near
- Hotels in Sandy Lake
- MoMA (New York) at 1804mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 1808mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4036mi↑
- Paris at 4037mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4037mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 4175mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 4175mi↑
- Bordeaux at 4175mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 4175mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 4191mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 4194mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 4195mi↑
- for Key Lake airport at km↑
- for Kilometer 176 airport at 34mi↑
- for McArthur River airport at 42mi↑
nearest airports to Key Lake airport (Canada)
- Kilometer 176 airport ( CA-0188) at 34mi↑defunct airport
- McArthur River airport ( CKQ8) at 42mi↑
- Cree Lake (Crystal Lodge) airport ( CKS8) at 44mi↑
- Cree Lake (Crystal Lodge) Water seaplane base ( CA-0550) at 45mi↑
- Cree Lake airport ( CA-0105) at 57mi↑defunct airport
- Cigar Lake airport ( CJW7) at 69mi↑
- Nekweaga Bay airport ( CKN8) at 71mi↑
- Davin Lake airport ( CKW6) at 81mi↑
- Points North Landing seaplane base ( CKC2) at 90mi↑
- Points North Landing airport (CYNL YNL ) at 90mi↑NOTAM
- Hidden Bay airport ( CKL4) at 91mi↑defunct airport
- Collins Bay airport (CYKC YKC ) at 98mi↑NOTAM
- Wollaston Lake airport (CZWL ZWL ) at 108mi↑NOTAM
- Southend / Hans Ulricksen Field airport ( CKA9) at 108mi↑
- Southend seaplane base ( CKP5) at 109mi↑
- Otter Lake seaplane base ( CKB4) at 119mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Canada
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
