Region of Waterloo International Airport

Region of Waterloo International Airport
IATA: YKF ICAO: CYKF WMO: 71368
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario Airport Manager: Chris Wood, AAE
Serves	Tri-Cities, Ontario Guelph, Ontario
Location	Woolwich, Ontario Near Breslau, Ontario
Opened	1930
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	1,055 ft / 322 m
Coordinates	43°27′39″N 080°22′43″W / 43.46083°N 80.37861°W / 43.46083; -80.37861Coordinates: 43°27′39″N 080°22′43″W / 43.46083°N 80.37861°W / 43.46083; -80.37861
Website	www.waterlooairport.ca
Map
CYKF Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 7,002 2,134 Asphalt 14/32 4,100 1,250 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Aircraft movements 106,923 Passengers 145,508
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement Environment Canada Movements from Statistics Canada Passengers from Statistics Canada

Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario

Region of Waterloo International Airport or Kitchener/Waterloo Airport (IATA: YKF, ICAO: CYKF) is an international airport serving the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Woolwich, Ontario, Canada. The airport is part of the city airport system of Toronto, included in its IATA metro code YTO.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation any aircraft up to 180 people with two hours prior notice.

The terminal building has an international/domestic lounge. There are two separate baggage carousel, one for domestic and the other international. There are four gates (1 international, 1 domestic arrivals, 2 domestic departure) 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.

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

Construction began on the Kitchener-Waterloo Municipal Airport, also known as Lexington Airport, in 1929 on the Heinrich farm on Lexington Road in Waterloo. The towns of Kitchener and Waterloo and the 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. 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 civilian aviation ceased at the airfield and it was used by the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.