Oshawa Airport
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| Oshawa Airport | |||
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| IATA: YOO – ICAO: CYOO | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | City of Oshawa | ||
| Location | Oshawa, Ontario | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 459 ft / 140 m | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 04/22 | 2,670 | 814 | Asphalt |
| 12/30 | 4,000 | 1,219 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft Movements | 68,551 | ||
| Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Statistics from Transport Canada.[2] |
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Oshawa Airport, (IATA: YOO, ICAO: CYOO), is a municipal airport adjacent to the north end of the city of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Oshawa Airport is one of the major general aviation airports in the Greater Toronto Area It includes two paved runways and instrument approaches. Oshawa hosts the annual Canadian Aviation Expo, Canada's largest annual aviation event.
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 aircraft with no more than 50 passengers.[1]
The airport originally opened in June 1941 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School RCAF Station Oshawa. Student flyers used Tiger Moth aircraft and were trained by civilian instructors from the Oshawa, Kingston, and Brant-Norfolk flying clubs. A relief landing field was located at Whitby. The school closed in December 1944.
The planned construction of a Pickering Airport, between Oshawa and Toronto, might result in the closure of the Oshawa airport. However, there remains strong opposition to the construction of the Pickering Airport, as this project has been a false-start since the conception of the idea in 1972. Additionally, the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) lacks the authority to decommission Oshawa Airport because it is outside their jurisdiction.
Commercial radio stations CKDO and CKGE-FM, licensed to Oshawa, and CJKX, licensed to Ajax, operate from studios on the Oshawa Airport grounds.
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[edit] Airport Data
- 1 Runway 12/30: 4000 ft x 100 ft
- 2 Runway 04/22: 2670 ft x 100 ft
- Navigational Aids Air Traffic Control: LOC/DME - 113.35 and Tower - 120.10
[edit] Tenants
- NovaJet(Worldwide Executive Aircraft Charter)
- Air Express Ontario
- Enterprise Airlines
- Canadian Flight Academy
- Corporate Aircraft Restorations
- Nav Canada - Control Tower
- Canada Customs
- Canadian Aviation Expo
- Durham Flight Centre (Flight Training)
- Graham Energy
- Shell Aviation
- Oshawa Military and Industrial Museum
- R. Stuart Aviation Museum
- Refueling Station
- Jeffery Homes
- Oshawa Airport Golf Club
- Oshawa COPA Flight 70
- Recreational Aircraft Association
- R.C.A.F. 420 Wing
- Roaero Aircraft Handling
- Rotary Engine Technologies
- Triumph Airways
- W.G. Cox Aviation Supply
- KX 96
- 1350 CKDO
- 94.9 The Rock
[edit] Emergency Services
[edit] References
- ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 10 April 2008 to 0901Z 5 June 2008
- ^ Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report 2007
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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