Peawanuck Airport guide

Peawanuck Airport (ICAO CYPO) serves Peawanuck, a Cree community of the Weenusk First Nation in Kenora District, northern Ontario. The community sits near the confluence of the Winisk and Shamattawa rivers, about 35 km from Hudson Bay and inside Polar Bear Provincial Park. The airfield is at an elevation of 173 ft.

The airport has a single gravel runway, 11/29, 1,073 m (3,520 ft) long. The Government of Ontario operates it. It replaced the airport at Winisk, the old townsite near the river mouth that residents left after the 1986 flood and rebuilt upriver as Peawanuck.

There is no year-round road to Peawanuck. Ice roads open in winter toward Fort Severn, but for most of the year the airport carries the community's passengers, mail and freight. Air Creebec and Thunder Airlines fly to Timmins, Moosonee, Attawapiskat, Fort Albany and Kashechewan, and both operate fixed-wing air ambulance transfers. Schedules change by season, so confirm flight times with the airline before travelling.