Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport

Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport
IATA: YXI ICAO: CYXI
Summary
Owner	Transport Canada
Operator	Invest Ottawa
Location	Killaloe, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	595 ft / 181 m
Coordinates	45°39′47″N 077°36′10″W
Map
CYXI Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 6,600 2,012 Decaying asphalt

Sign erected by Transport Canada warning against trespassing

Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport (IATA: YXI, ICAO: CYXI), near Killaloe, Ontario, Canada, was built by the Canadian Department of Transportation (later Transport Canada) in 1952 as a Cold War airstrip for interceptors. It is used as a drones and robotics test facility, owned by TC, operated by Invest Ottawa and open to innovators, academia, all levels of government, and the public.

The associated VOR, YXI, was decommissioned in 2021 by Nav Canada.

External links

• Historical recollections of the airport
• Satellite photo of the former airport
• Bonnechere / Killaloe Airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
• Accident history for YXI: Killaloe Airport at Aviation Safety Network