Pelee Island Airport (CYPT), Ontario
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Pelee Island Airport (CYPT) sits on Ontario's Pelee Island in Lake Erie, with the nearest larger fields at Erie-Ottawa International and Windsor International across the water. Traffic here is light, and the airport is best known among operators for its customs designation and modest runway options.
Runways
Pelee Island Airport has two paved and unpaved runways. The longest, 10/28, is 3,300 ft long and 75 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Runways are listed longest first.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Pelee Island Airport has Canada Border Services Agency clearance available onsite, under a restricted regime rather than general clearance. The terms that apply to a given flight must be confirmed before departure.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Pelee Island Airport recorded 143 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in February. Business aviation traffic at CYPT is concentrated in the winter months, with January and February recording the highest operations counts of the year.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month February, 37 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
Weather station is 10.7 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Nearby airfields
Pelee Island Airport has five airfields within 33 NM. The closest is Put in Bay, 10.94 NM southwest.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYPT
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 CYPT.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
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Frequently asked questions
Is customs available at CYPT?
Pelee Island Airport (CYPT) is designated AOE/15, meaning customs clearance is limited to a maximum of fifteen persons per aircraft. Crews should confirm arrangements ahead of arrival rather than assume walk-up clearance for larger groups.
What runway length is available at Pelee Island Airport?
Pelee Island Airport (CYPT) offers a paved runway, 10/28, at 3,300 feet by 75 feet. A second runway, 19/01, is 1,850 feet of gravel and unpaved, so operators should plan according to aircraft performance and surface tolerance.
When does CYPT see the most traffic?
Business aviation activity at Pelee Island Airport (CYPT) is heaviest in the winter months, with February and January showing the highest counts in the 2025 FAA TFMSC data. Traffic drops sharply through the summer and fall months by comparison.