Lupin Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Lupin Mine Airport


IATA = YWO
ICAO = CYWO
type = N/A
owner =
operator = Echo Bay Mines Limited
city-served =
location = Lupin Mine
elevation-f = 1608
elevation-m = 490
coordinates = coord|65|45|33|N|111|15|00|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 01T/19T
r1-length-f = 6,400
r1-length-m = 1,950
r1-surface = Gravel
footnotes =

Lupin Airport Airport codes|YWO|CYWO was an airport located at Lupin Mine, Nunavut, Canada that was operated by Echo Bay Mines Limited.

History

In the 1950 and 60s this area was known as Contwoyto Lake. Nearby (at location 65 degrees 29' 12.61"N, 110 degrees 21'1.33"W) is an island where there was a small (4 person) camp operated by Pacific Western Airlines of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (since merged with Canadian Pacific Airlines, subsequently bought by Air Canada). Operating expenses for the facility were paid for by the Canadian Federal Government. The island was unofficially known as Alcatraz Island and the smaller one West of it was called Wolf Island.

During the 60s there was a large Quonset hut and a smaller shed which housed a diesel generator, a backup generator, fuel, and a small tractor. There was no official landing strip, just a dirt strip for emergencies. Planes used floats in the summer and skis on the lake in winter. The main function of the station was to operate a radio beacon (sending WO in Morse Code for radio-location purposes) and a secondary but very important function was to radio weather observations hourly to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

References

*CFS

External links

*ASN|YWO|YWO: Lupin Airport