Rainbow Lake Airport (CYOP), Alberta
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Rainbow Lake Airport (CYOP) is a single-runway paved field in northwestern Alberta serving business aviation traffic into the Rainbow Lake area. Cross-border business aviation traffic seen by the FAA totaled 83 operations in 2025, placing CYOP among the moderate-volume tier of terrains tracked by Skystar. The airport sits well outside major metro catchment areas, with High Level Airport the nearest neighboring field at roughly 71 nautical miles.
Runways
Rainbow Lake Airport has one paved runway, 09/27, 4,539 ft long and 100 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Rainbow Lake Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is CEN9, 282 NM away.
Source: CBSA list of airports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Rainbow Lake Airport recorded 83 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in June. Cross-border business aviation traffic at CYOP concentrates in the June-through-December window, with June the peak month recorded in the 2025 FAA TFMSC data.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month June, 11 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
Rainbow Lake Airport has two alternates within 99 NM. The nearest alternate is High Level Airport (CYOJ), 70.68 NM east.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYOP
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.
$1,200.00 catering order at CYOP.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
It does not move with the size of the order.
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 CYOP?
Rainbow Lake Airport (CYOP) has a single paved runway, designated 09/27, measuring 4,539 feet long and 100 feet wide. The asphalt surface is also the airport's longest paved distance on record. There is only one runway orientation available, so operators should plan around prevailing wind conditions for either the 09 or 27 approach.
Where does CYOP handle customs clearance?
Rainbow Lake Airport (CYOP) does not have customs services onsite. The nearest customs point is CEN9, located approximately 282 nautical miles away. Operators planning international arrivals into CYOP should coordinate customs clearance through that facility in advance, since the distance involved is substantial for diversion planning.
How much business aviation traffic does CYOP see?
Cross-border business aviation traffic seen by the FAA at Rainbow Lake Airport (CYOP) totaled 83 operations in 2025, out of 95 annual operations overall. This places the field in Skystar's moderate-traffic tier. Monthly volumes ranged from as low as 2 operations in January and February up to 11 operations in June, reflecting a modest and unevenly distributed traffic pattern through the year.
What airports are near CYOP?
The closest neighboring airport to Rainbow Lake Airport (CYOP) is High Level Airport, about 71 nautical miles away on a bearing of 83 degrees. La Crete Airport is the next nearest, roughly 99 nautical miles away on a bearing of 100 degrees. Both are useful alternates for operators working the northwestern Alberta region around CYOP.