Manitoulin East Municipal Airport (CYEM), Ontario
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Manitoulin East Municipal Airport (CYEM) serves Sheguiandah, Ontario, with a single paved runway and onsite AOE/15 customs clearance. Cross-border business aviation activity at this terrain is tracked by the FAA TFMSC and remains modest year-round.
Runways
Manitoulin East Municipal Airport has one paved runway, 02/20, 3,500 ft long and 100 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Customs
Manitoulin East Municipal 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
Manitoulin East Municipal Airport recorded 124 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in July. Cross-border business aviation traffic at CYEM concentrates heavily in the July-August period, with far lower volumes across the rest of the year.
Cross-border movements to the United States, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month July, 38 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
Manitoulin East Municipal Airport averages 29.1 freeze days in January. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 72.3°F, and January the coldest, at 23.4°F.
Weather station is 17.5 NM from the field. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Nearby airfields
Manitoulin East Municipal Airport has two airfields within 43 NM. The closest is Gore Bay Manitoulin Airport (CYZE), 29.81 NM west.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CYEM
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 CYEM.
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
Is customs available at CYEM?
Manitoulin East Municipal Airport holds AOE/15 customs status, meaning customs clearance is available onsite but limited to a maximum of fifteen persons per aircraft. Operators planning arrivals with larger passenger counts should coordinate accordingly before filing.
How long is the runway at CYEM?
CYEM has a single paved runway, 02/20, measuring 3,500 feet long and 100 feet wide with an asphalt surface. This is also the longest paved surface listed for the airport, matching its published max paved length.
When is cross-border traffic busiest at Manitoulin East Municipal Airport?
Cross-border business aviation traffic at CYEM, as tracked by the FAA TFMSC, peaks in July with 38 operations and stays elevated in August with 27. Volumes drop sharply outside these two summer months, with several months showing single digits.