Waterloo Airport

Waterloo Airport (ICAO: CYKF, IATA: YKF) is a dull service, an international airport, located near Breslau in southern Ontario, Canada. Waterloo Airport is serving the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Woolwich, Ontario, Canada, northwest of Toronto.

Waterloo Airport

General Information

Waterloo Airport (ICAO: CYKF, IATA: YKF) is a dull service, an international airport, located near Breslau in southern Ontario, Canada. Waterloo Airport is serving the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Woolwich, Ontario, Canada, northwest of Toronto.

Waterloo Airport supports corporate, commercial, and general aviation. The YKF Airport is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), and it is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada. CBSA can handle any general aviation aircraft up to 180 people, with two hours prior notice. The operator of Waterloo Airport is the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario. WestJet Airlines provides scheduled air services at Waterloo Airport with daily non-stop service to Calgary year-round connections to other great destinations. FlyGTA Airlines also serves YKF airport, and it offers daily to Toronto island on weekends year-round.

Business activity

Waterloo Airport (YKF) is a home 25 businesses that employ roughly 300 people and together contribute $90 million annually to the Region's economy. YKF Airport is Canada's largest provider of private charter Jet Chartright, and it is continuously looking for infrastructure and markets to support growth. Waterloo Airport offers world-class services and facilities, and it is located in the business community. Waterloo Airport provides Willington Flight Centre, which is the largest professional flight training school in Canada.

History

The YKF Airport was formerly known as Waterloo Regional Airport, and the Waterloo Airport changed its name in 2004 after NorthWest Airlines announced daily flights to Detroit. The YKF airport construction began in 1929, at the Kitchener-Waterloo Municipal Airport, also known as Lexington Airport on Lexington Road in Waterloo. The building was completed in 1930, mainly used for flying instructions. From 1930 to 1932, Gilles Air service began to operate from the airfield and was succeeded, Kitchener-Waterloo Flight Club from 1932 to 1952. During the World War, the airport was used by the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. After World Warin 1948, Waterloo-Wellington Airport Commission acquired a more critical site in Breslau, and the new airfield was completed in 1950 in the Ontario area. In 1969 Waterloo-Wellington Airport became a general aviation facility. The Wellington Flying Club sold the airport facility to the Waterloo Region and the City of Guelph. Later, it was renamed Waterloo Regional Airport and became publicly owned. Today Waterloo Airport operates 24 hours and seven days a week. Waterloo Airport has two runways and handled over 120 828 passengers in 2012.