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Region of Waterloo International Airport

Kitchener/Waterloo Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorRegional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario Airport Manager - Chris Wood, AAE
ServesRegional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario
LocationWoolwich, Ontario
Elevation AMSL1,055 ft / 322 m
Websitewww.waterlooairport.ca
Map
CYKF is located in Ontario
CYKF
CYKF
Location in Ontario
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 7,002 2,134 Asphalt
14/32 4,100 1,250 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft movements96,801 (2011)
Passengers101,122 (2011)
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada[3]
Passengers from Statistics Canada[4]

Region of Waterloo International Airport or Kitchener/Waterloo Airport (IATA: YKF, ICAO: CYKF) is situated near Breslau, in Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle all aircraft up to 180 people with two hours prior notice.[1]

The terminal building has an international/domestic lounge. There are 4 gates at this terminal to handle scheduled flights. There is a licensed sit down eating area and a vending area for people travelling through the airport.

History

The airport was formerly named Waterloo Regional Airport but it changed its name in March 2004 after Northwest Airlines announced that it would run daily flights to Detroit.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Municipal Airport began construction in 1929 on the Heinrich farm on Lexington Road, what is now Hillside Park. The Towns of Kitchener-Waterloo and Ontario Equitable Life and Accident Insurance Company acquired the lands to build a land and water airport facility. Completed in 1930, the airfield was mainly used for flying instruction school.[5] Gilles Air Service began to operate from the airfield from 1930 to 1932 and was succeeded by Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club from 1932 to 1951. During World War II civil aviation ceased at the airfield and was occupied by the Empire Air Training Scheme. By the end of the War there was a push for a larger and more appropriate place for private and commercial aviation in the area. Established by the Waterloo-Wellington Airport Commission in 1948 and the airport located east to Breslau, Ontario area and was completed in 1950. The old airport was then sold in 1951 to A.B. Caya and re-developed into a mixed residential and commercial area. Two baseball diamonds occupy the former airport lands. The new K-W Municipal Airport became a general aviation facility in 1969. From 1951 to 1973 the Waterloo-Wellington Flying Club ran the airport and then sold to Waterloo Region and City of Guelph as publicly owned airport and renamed Waterloo Regional Airport. Today it operates 24 hours and seven days a week.

The former name, Waterloo Regional Airport, is now used by an airport in Waterloo, Iowa.

The terminal building

Expansion

While the airport has relatively little passenger traffic, it is, as of 2010, the 20th busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements,[3] and underwent a major expansion in 2003. Starting in 2008, the airport started expanding again to accommodate larger aircraft on the aprons and taxiways, this includes widening the main apron 3, expanding apron 2 into apron 3, new widened taxiway alpha and Charlie taxiway off apron 2 to runway 08, and approach lighting on runway 26. In 2010, Taxiway Charlie was widened to prepare for a new development area called "LL4." A new General Manager recruited from the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, Chris Wood, was appointed in September 2009.

Currently, there are three commercial airlines serving the area (two year round, one seasonal): WestJet to Calgary and Vancouver, Bearskin Airlines to Ottawa and Montreal, and Sunwing Airlines, providing service to Punta Cana. Mesaba Airlines, a Northwest Airlines affiliate suspended service service to Detroit in June 2009. In June 2012, American Eagle will begin serving Chicago from this airport.

As of late 2005, major vacation charters (primarily to the Caribbean) have begun to operate during their peak season.

On 17 January 2007, Westjet announced new daily seasonal flights to Calgary. This service started on 14 May 2007. On 27 June 2007, WestJet announced that the flights to Calgary would go year-round.

On 1 October 2007, Bearskin Airlines started daily non-stop flights to Ottawa.

On 17 December 2009, WestJet announced new daily seasonal flights to Vancouver as part of WestJet's enhanced summer schedule for 2010. The Vancouver flights did not return to YKF for the summer 2011.[citation needed]

On March 22, 2011 Bearskin Airlines announced daily non-stop service to Montreal beginning on May 1, 2011

On December 13, 2011 American Eagle Airlines announced new daily nonstop flights to Chicago beginning on June 14, 2012; the airport's first destination to the United States since 2009.[6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
American Eagle Chicago-O'Hare [begins June 14, 2012][7]
Bearskin Airlines Montreal-Trudeau, Ottawa
Sunwing Airlines Seasonal : Punta Cana
WestJet Calgary

Tenants

Flight training schools

  • Adler Aviation - training centre for small propeller aircraft
  • Great Lakes Helicopter - small and medium utility helicopter training
  • Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre -with links to Conestoga College and University of Waterloo

Ground Transportation

A WestJet plane at YKF

Local taxis, limousines and chartered buses provide ground transportation to and from the airport. Private cars park at 3 parking lots located at the airport. On January 1, 2012 Airport Management reduced the parking rate to $6.00 a day from $15.00.

The main road to access the airport is Regional Road 17 or Fountain Street North. Fountain intersects with Highway 7 to the north (access to Waterloo and Guelph) or with Highway 401 to the south (access to London and Toronto).

There is no public transit access to the airport as the facility is mainly a general aviation facility and located in a rural area. Grand River Transit, the public transit operator in the area, does not operate any bus routes to or from the airport.

References

  1. ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  3. ^ a b Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers
  4. ^ Passengers enplaned and deplaned on selected services — Top 50 airports
  5. ^ Kitchener-Waterloo Airport Commission fonds
  6. ^ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-eagle-airlines-announces-new-jet-service-from-chicago-ohare-to-kitchener-ontario-135509763.html
  7. ^ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-eagle-airlines-announces-new-jet-service-from-chicago-ohare-to-kitchener-ontario-135509763.html

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