Leaf Rapids Airport (CYLR / YLR)

Canada · elevation 959 ft AMSL · 56.5133, -99.9853 · Local time: --:--:-- · UTC time: --:--:--

About Leaf Rapids Airport

Leaf Rapids Airport is an airport with the ICAO code CYLR and the IATA code YLR. Country: Canada. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Leaf Rapids. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the CY prefix, which marks airports in Canada. The four-letter code CYLR is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code YLR is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 56°30'48"N, 99°59'07"W, at an elevation of 959 ft (292 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Winnipeg.

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Runways of CYLR

Threshold	Course	Length	Width	Surface
18	180°	914 m (3,000 ft)	23 m (75 ft)	asphalt
36	360°	914 m (3,000 ft)	23 m (75 ft)	asphalt

The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.

Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.

Runways at CYLR

According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Leaf Rapids Airport has one runway: 18/36 - 914 m long (3,000 ft), 23 m wide, asphalt surface.

Runway headings and wind

The thresholds are oriented as follows: 18/36 on 180° and 360° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.

For the 18/36 axis, wind from the west (around 270°) or from the east (around 90°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 180° or 360° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.

METAR and TAF for CYLR

Weather reports for Leaf Rapids Airport are published under the ICAO code CYLR. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.

The decoder breaks the CYLR report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.

Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for CYLR, check the nearby airports listed below.

Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/Winnipeg zone is GMT-06:00 in winter and GMT-05:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.

The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are South Indian Lake Airport (CZSN, 73 km), Lynn Lake Airport (CYYL, 77 km), Pukatawagan Airport (CZFG, 116 km). When no report is available for CYLR, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.

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