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  "@type": "Airport",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "addressCountry": "Canada",
    "addressLocality": "Island Lake"
  },
  "airlines": [
    "Regional carriers"
  ],
  "amenityFeature": [
    {
      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "Domestic to Domestic Connection Time",
      "value": "60 minutes"
    },
    {
      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "Domestic to International Connection Time",
      "value": "90 minutes"
    },
    {
      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "International to Domestic Connection Time",
      "value": "90 minutes"
    },
    {
      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "International to International Connection Time",
      "value": "120 minutes"
    },
    {
      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "Interline Connection Time",
      "value": "120 minutes"
    }
  ],
  "city": "Island Lake",
  "code": "YIV",
  "connection_tips": "Island Lake Airport serves a First Nations community in northern Manitoba, operating as a vital transportation link for this remote settlement in the boreal forest region. Travelers should prepare for potential extended delays due to weather conditions, maintain highly flexible schedules, and coordinate with community authorities when planning visits. The airport plays a crucial role in supporting community needs including medical evacuations, supply delivery, educational transportation, and maintaining essential connections to urban centers for employment, healthcare, and government services. The terminal facility provides essential services appropriate for a small community airport, including basic shelter, communication equipment, and minimal passenger amenities suitable for the remote location.\n\nThe airport primarily serves the local Indigenous community through scheduled and charter flights connecting to larger regional centers like Thompson, Winnipeg, and other Manitoba communities. Located in the subarctic zone, the airport experiences harsh winters with extreme cold, heavy snowfall, and limited daylight hours that significantly impact aviation operations. Cultural respect and understanding are essential when visiting First Nations communities, and advance arrangements help ensure appropriate protocols and smooth travel experiences in this traditional northern Manitoba setting. Emergency medical services are particularly important given the remote location and seasonal accessibility challenges.\n\nGround transportation within the community relies on local vehicles, ATVs, and seasonal access roads that may become impassable during certain weather conditions, with no permanent road connections to major highway systems. Flight services are typically provided by regional carriers specializing in northern operations, with frequencies that may be limited and highly weather-dependent. Spring breakup and fall freeze-up periods present additional challenges with unpredictable weather patterns and changing ground conditions.",
  "country": "Canada",
  "flag_url": "https://flagcdn.com/w320/ca.png",
  "flight_search_affiliate_link": "https://book.beatthatflight.com.au/?currency=CAD",
  "frequent_traveler_tip": [
    "Check latest schedules; services may be infrequent.",
    "Check your flight status before leaving for the airport.",
    "Allow extra time during peak travel periods at this airport.",
    "Keep important documents easily accessible at this airport.",
    "Download your airline's mobile app for updates at this airport."
  ],
  "global_map_link": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=Island%20Lake%20Airport%20Island%20Lake%20Canada",
  "google_maps_reviews": {
    "rating": 0.0,
    "recent_reviews": [],
    "total_reviews": 0
  },
  "has_commercial_service": true,
  "hotel_affiliate_link": "https://book.beatthatflight.com.au/?currency=CAD",
  "iataCode": "YIV",
  "icao": "CYIV",
  "international": false,
  "last_modified": "July 2026",
  "last_updated": "2026-03-29",
  "latitude": 53.857200622558594,
  "layover_planner_info": "Island Lake Airport (YIV) works best for straightforward domestic turns, not for building aggressive connection margins around multiple separate tickets. Use this page's published MCTs as the floor: 60 minutes for domestic transfers, 120 minutes when interline support is available. For longer stops in Island Lake, assume terminal amenities may be secondary to the surrounding landside area, and keep backup routing through Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Red Sucker Lake Airport (YRS) in mind if the day starts to slip.",
  "longitude": -94.65360260009766,
  "mct_domestic_to_domestic": 60,
  "mct_domestic_to_international": 90,
  "mct_interline": 120,
  "mct_international_to_domestic": 90,
  "mct_international_to_international": 120,
  "missed_connection_help": "If you miss a connection at Island Lake Airport (YIV), start with the operating airline or transfer desk before leaving the secure area, especially if bags are checked through or your itinerary relies on interline handling. This airport publishes a 120-minute interline buffer, so ask staff to confirm whether onward sectors and baggage can be protected on the same journey before you commit to a new ticket. If same-day recovery fails, compare rebooking options via Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Red Sucker Lake Airport (YRS).",
  "name": "Island Lake Airport",
  "noindex": false,
  "region": "North America",
  "related_airports": [
    {
      "code": "YVR",
      "name": "Vancouver International Airport"
    },
    {
      "code": "YRS",
      "name": "Red Sucker Lake Airport"
    },
    {
      "code": "YST",
      "name": "St. Theresa Point Airport"
    }
  ],
  "terminal_info": "Island Lake Airport is a Government of Manitoba certified airport serving the Island Lake area, one of the province's road-isolated northern community clusters. Current SkyVector data for `CYIV` shows a prior-notice-required field at `772 ft` elevation with a crushed-rock runway `12/30` measuring `4,000 x 100 ft`, AWOS, PAPI on both runway ends, and weekday terminal hours split across morning and evening periods.\n\nThose published details show why YIV matters. This is not a generic northern strip but a maintained provincial community airport with a real instrument-support and airport-hours structure, handling scheduled access, medevac priority outside normal hours, and northern logistics in a part of Manitoba where distance and seasonal conditions dominate travel.\n\nSo YIV should read as a fly-in community lifeline airport with a staffed terminal, certified runway, and practical support for Island Lake travel rather than as a vague regional-airport placeholder.",
  "terminal_map_url": "https://www.worlddata.info/america/canada/airports.php"
}