Lac Du Bonnet Airport (CYAX), Manitoba
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Lac du Bonnet Airport (CYAX) is a low-activity airfield in Manitoba, roughly 50 nm from Winnipeg / St. Andrews Airport. Cross-border traffic seen by the FAA is limited, with a single paved runway serving the field.
Runways
Lac Du Bonnet Airport has one paved runway, 18/36, 3,600 ft long and 75 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Lac Du Bonnet Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (CYWG), 53 NM away.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Lac Du Bonnet Airport recorded 398 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in July. Cross-border traffic at CYAX, as tracked by the FAA, peaks in the June through July window and drops off in the spring shoulder months of March and April.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month July, 51 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
Lac Du Bonnet Airport averages 2.6 days above 90°F in July and 30.9 freeze days in January. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 77.4°F, and January the coldest, at 12.7°F.
Weather station is 7.1 NM from the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Alternates
Lac Du Bonnet Airport has two alternates within 45 NM. The nearest alternate is Winnipeg / Saint Andrews Airport (CYAV), 41.83 NM west.
Part of the Winnipeg area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYAX
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 CYAX.
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 is available at CYAX?
Lac du Bonnet Airport (CYAX) has one paved runway, 18/36, measuring 3,600 feet long and 75 feet wide with an asphalt surface. This is the only runway serving the field.
Is customs available on site at Lac du Bonnet Airport?
Lac du Bonnet Airport (CYAX) has no onsite customs service. The nearest customs point is CYWG, located approximately 53 nm away, so operators need to plan clearance there before or after a stop at CYAX.
How much cross-border traffic does CYAX see?
FAA TFMSC data shows CYAX handled 408 total operations in 2025, with 398 of those business aviation flights. This places Lac du Bonnet Airport in the lowest traffic tier tracked for this dataset.