Region of Waterloo International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Tri-Cities, Ontario Guelph, Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Woolwich, Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1930 | ||||||||||||||
| Focus city for | Flair Airlines Pivot Airlines | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,054 ft / 321 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°27′39″N 080°22′43″W / 43.46083°N 80.37861°W | ||||||||||||||
| Public transit access | Grand River Transit  78 79 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada[3] Passengers from Waterloo Airport[4] | |||||||||||||||
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, west of Toronto. It has year round daily flights to Edmonton, Vancouver, Calgary, Orlando, Halifax, Fort Lauderdale and Kelowna through Flair Airlines and WestJet. It also has seasonal flights to Cancun through Sunwing Airlines and Flair Airlines. In 2022, the airport ranked seventh-busiest in Canada by total aircraft movements and twentieth-busiest by passenger traffic.
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 any general aviation aircraft up to 180 people with two hours prior notice.[1]
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 (one international, one domestic arrivals, two domestic departures) 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.
- ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
- ^ "Aircraft movements, by class of operation, airports with NAV CANADA services and other selected airports, monthly". Statistics Canada. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Passenger numbers soar at the Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF)". waterlooairport.ca. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.