Markham Airport

Toronto/Markham Airport
Final approach into Markham
IATA: none ICAO: none TC LID: CNU8
Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner	Thomson family, Toronto
Operator	Markham Airport Incorporated
Location	Markham, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	807 ft / 246 m
Map
CNU8 Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 2,013 614 Asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Markham Airport or Toronto/Markham Airport, (TC LID: CNU8), is a private airport operating 2.6 nautical miles (4.8 km; 3.0 mi) north of Markham, Ontario, Canada near Toronto.

The airport is owned and operated by Markham Airport Inc. and owned by a numbered Ontario company owned by the Thomson family of Toronto. The airport is not part of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA). The airport consists of a single 2,013 ft (614 m) runway for small and private aircraft only (with night flying capabilities). The Royal Canadian Air Cadets Gliding Program uses the north side or the runway 09/27 for glider operations in the spring and fall months, and use a northern traffic pattern.

Airport data

• Coordinates: N43 56 09 W79 15 44 UTC-5(4)
• Runway 09/27: 2,013 ft × 50 ft (614 m × 15 m) - asphalt
• Elevation: 807’ VTA A5000 F-21
• Unicom Frequency: 122.80
• Runway Orientation: 09/27
• Lighting: 09-(TE ME), 27-(TE ME) PNR Opr
• ATF: UNICOM LTD HRS o/t TFC 122.8 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) 3500 ASL excluding portion within CYKZ CZ capped at 2000 ASL
• Radio: 122.8 MHz for ATF radio communications
• Tower: none - ATC operates from Buttonville Municipal Airport
• Buildings: Aerodrome

Airport Address: 10953 Highway 48 Markham, ON L3P 3J7

There are plans for a 6,000 ft (1,829 m) runway, but it would require approval as the runway would require additional land Pickering Airport.

Tenants

• Canadian Flyers International
• Central Region Spring Familiarization Flying Program - Royal Canadian Air Cadets
• Greater Toronto Gliding Centre (Royal Canadian Air Cadets Schweizer SGS 2-33A)

Facilities

Located at the entrance of the airfield is a classrooms used by tenant flight school Canadian Flyer International. There is one small hangar at the airport with most aircraft parked on the grass on the south side of the runway.

The airport tarmac is also home to a few aircraft from the Canadian Air, Land and Sea Museum.Canadian Forces:

• CT-128 Expeditor transport
• CT-133 Silver Star
• CF-5 Freedom Fighter
• CF-104 Starfighter (Various Airforces)
• Canadair CL-13 Sabre
• Schweizer SGS 2-33A Royal Canadian Air Cadets
• Noorduyn Norseman - shell only

Ground transportation

• There are GO Transit flag stops of either side of Highway 48 at the entrance of the airport serving bus Route 71.

GO Transit Stouffville trains pass to the east of the airport.

Most users of Markham Airport drive or can take a taxi.

Support

The airport has no ARFF services and relies on local fire services. Markham Fire and Emergency Services Stations 9-7 and 9-8 are the nearest within Markham, although Whitchurch-Stouffville Fire Department Station 5-1 is closer to the airport.

See also

• List of airports in the Greater Toronto Area

References

• "Airports". Transportation. Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. 2005-12-21. Archived from the original on 2005-12-21. Retrieved 2009-05-18.

External links

• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
• Canadian Flyers - Markham Airport