Island Lake Airport (CYIV), Manitoba
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Island Lake Airport (CYIV) serves the Island Lake community in northern Manitoba with a single crushed-rock runway. Customs clearance is not available onsite, with the nearest customs airport at CYQK, roughly 244 nautical miles away.
Runways
Island Lake Airport has one unpaved runway, 12/30, 4,000 ft long and 100 ft wide, with a crushed rock surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Island Lake Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Kenora Airport (CYQK), 245 NM away.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Island Lake Airport recorded 4,851 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in October. Business aviation traffic at CYIV peaks in October, with volume noticeably lower in August, according to FAA TFMSC data.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month October, 508 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.
Climate
Island Lake Airport averages 1.3 days above 90°F in July, 31.0 freeze days in January and 1.5 snow days in March. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 73.6°F, and January the coldest, at 2.5°F.
Weather station is on the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Nearby airfields
Island Lake Airport has three airfields within 43 NM. The closest is Saint Theresa Point Airport (CYST), 7.06 NM west.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYIV
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 CYIV.
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
What runway does CYIV offer?
Island Lake Airport (CYIV) has one runway, designated 12/30, measuring 4,000 feet long and 100 feet wide. The surface is crushed rock rather than pavement, which operators should factor into performance planning.
Is customs clearance available at Island Lake Airport?
Island Lake Airport (CYIV) does not have customs onsite. The nearest customs airport is CYQK, approximately 244.54 nautical miles away, so arriving flights requiring clearance must route through that facility.
How much business aviation traffic does CYIV handle?
According to FAA TFMSC data, Island Lake Airport (CYIV) recorded 4,851 business aviation operations in 2025 out of 7,404 total annual operations. Monthly volume ranges from around 318 to 508 operations, with October the busiest month.