Sachigo Lake Airport

Sachigo Lake Airport
IATA: ZPB – ICAO: CZPB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government of Ontario
Location	Sachigo Lake First Nation
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL	876 ft / 267 m
Coordinates	53°53′28″N 092°11′47″W / 53.89111°N 92.19639°W / 53.89111; -92.19639Coordinates: 53°53′28″N 092°11′47″W / 53.89111°N 92.19639°W / 53.89111; -92.19639
Map
CZPB Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 3,506 1,069 Gravel

Sachigo Lake Airport, (IATA: ZPB, ICAO: CZPB), is located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) north of the First Nations community of Sachigo Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Interior of the Departures building (the left building in the picture on the right). August 2005.

Because Sachigo Lake First Nation is a "dry" community that forbids alcohol, each arriving passenger has their luggage searched in a separate arrivals building to make sure they are not bringing any contraband in with them.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

• On 19 January 1986, Douglas C-47A C-GNNA of Austin Airways struck a 150 ft (46 m) high Non-directional beacon tower and crashed at Sachigo Lake Airport.^[1]

References

1. ↑ "C-GNNA Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 July 2010. 

External links

• Accident history for ZPB at Aviation Safety Network