Attawapiskat Airport (CYAT), Ontario
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Attawapiskat Airport (CYAT) serves the community of Attawapiskat, Ontario, with a single gravel runway. The nearest customs-equipped airport, CYQT, lies well over 300 nautical miles away, a distance operators should factor into any cross-border routing.
Runways
Attawapiskat Airport has one unpaved runway, 06/24, 3,500 ft long and 100 ft wide, with a gravel surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Attawapiskat Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Thunder Bay International Airport (CYQT), 379 NM away.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Attawapiskat Airport recorded 1,222 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in October and November. Business aviation traffic at CYAT peaks in October and November, with both months recording 131 operations against a lower base through mid-year.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month October, 131 movements in 2025.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity at the airfield.
Source: FAA TFMSC, cross-border movements, 2025.
Alternates
Attawapiskat Airport has one alternate within 48 NM. The nearest alternate is Kashechewan Airport (CZKE), 47.49 NM southeast.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYAT
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at CYAT.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Frequently asked questions
Does CYAT have paved runways?
Attawapiskat Airport has a single runway, 06/24, surfaced in gravel and measuring 3,500 feet long by 100 feet wide. There is no paved runway at this field, so operators should plan for gravel-surface performance and tire considerations.
Is customs clearance available at CYAT?
Attawapiskat Airport has no onsite customs service. The nearest customs point is CYQT, located approximately 379 nautical miles away, so aircraft requiring clearance must route through that airport instead.
What is the traffic profile at Attawapiskat Airport (CYAT)?
CYAT recorded 2,970 total annual operations and 1,222 business aviation operations in 2025 per FAA TFMSC data. As Canadian traffic, these figures reflect cross-border activity seen by the FAA rather than the airport's full operational count.