Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport, formerlery IATA: YXI, ICAO: CYXI, near Killaloe, Ontario, Canada, was built by the Canadian Department of Transportation (later Transport Canada) in 1952 as a Cold War airstrip for interceptors. It is used as a drones and robotics test facility, owned by TC, operated by Invest Ottawa and open to innovators, academia, all levels of government, and the public.
Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport | |||||||||||
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Owner | Transport Canada | ||||||||||
Operator | Invest Ottawa | ||||||||||
Location | Killaloe, Ontario | ||||||||||
Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 595 ft / 181 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°39′47″N 077°36′10″W / 45.66306°N 77.60278°W | ||||||||||
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The associated VOR, YXI, was decommissioned in 2021 by Nav Canada.