# Thicket Portage Airport (YTD)

> Thicket Portage, CA · IATA: YTD · ICAO: CZLQ · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `YTD` |
| ICAO | `CZLQ` |
| City | Thicket Portage |
| Country | CA |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 207 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 55.31890, -97.70780 |

## Description

A gravel strip and the Hudson Bay Railway are the lifelines of Thicket Portage, a small road-less community in northern Manitoba whose airport (YTD/CZLQ) handles on-demand and medevac flights. There is no scheduled airline, no freighter service and no cargo terminal — and none of the customs or hazardous-goods capacity that earlier descriptions wrongly claimed. The community is resupplied mainly by rail, with urgent air freight routed through Thompson (YTH). The strip exists to keep an isolated settlement connected, not to move commercial cargo. For shippers, it is a community field rather than a freight point.

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*Freight Academy — Airport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/thicket-portage-airport-ytd](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/thicket-portage-airport-ytd)*

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