Oshawa Airport

Oshawa Municipal Airport Toronto/Oshawa Municipal Airport
IATA: YOO – ICAO: CYOO – WMO: 71697
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Oshawa
Location		Oshawa, Ontario
Elevation AMSL		459 ft / 140 m
Coordinates		43°55′22″N 078°53′48″W / 43.92278°N 78.89667°W / 43.92278; -78.89667Coordinates: 43°55′22″N 078°53′48″W / 43.92278°N 78.89667°W / 43.92278; -78.89667
Website		www.oshawa-airport.com
Map
CYOO Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
05/23	2,654	809	Asphalt
12/30	4,000	1,219	Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements			50,331
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

Oshawa Municipal 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. From 2002 to 2008, Oshawa hosted the annual Canadian Aviation Expo, Canada's largest annual aviation event, before the expo moved to Hamilton, Ontario in 2009.

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, raised questions about the future 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.

In 2008 the City of Oshawa adopted the Oshawa Municipal Airport Business Plan which includes a commitment to operate the airport for a minimum of 25 years. Dozens of upgrades completed by 2010 include construction of new Taxiway "C", Phase 1 of Hangarminium Complex, cardlock fuel facility, and Automated Weather Observation System.

Commercial radio stations CKDO and CKGE-FM, licensed to Oshawa, and CJKX, licensed to Ajax, operate from studios on the Oshawa Airport grounds. These organizations operate on former airport land at the entrances to the airport on Taunton Road: Mandarin Chinese Buffet restaurant; Taunton Health Centre, part of the largest, multi-specialty medical group practice in Canada, including Urgent Care, Laboratory, Pharmacy and a dental office; Airport Self Storage Ltd., with ten buildings on six acres; National Defence, The Ontario Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, Oshawa Airport Armoury; and the Durham Children's Aid Society.

A live fire training simulator opened south of the control tower in October 2009. It is a partnership between Durham College and the fire departments of Clarington, Oshawa and Whitby.

Airport Data

• 1 Runway 12/30: 4,000 × 100 ft (1,219 × 30 m)
• 2 Runway 05/23: 2,654 × 100 ft (809 × 30 m)
• Navigational Aids Air Traffic Control: LOC/DME - 111.35 and Tower - 120.10

Tenants

• NovaJet (Worldwide Executive Aircraft Charter)
• Aerographic
• 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)
• Durham Regional Police Air Support Unit
• Graham Energy
• Oshawa Military and Industrial Museum
• Robert Stuart Aviation Museum
• Skyway Cafe
• Jeffery Homes
• Oshawa Airport Golf Club
• Oshawa COPA Flight 70, Canadian Owners And Pilots Association
• Recreational Aircraft Association, Oshawa District
• R.C.A.F. 420 Wing, Royal Canadian Air Force Association
• Roaero Aircraft Handling
• Triumph Airways
• W.G. Cox Aviation Supply
• Durham Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society (in NavCanada building)
• Gemini Gymnastics, in Hangar 3
• KX 96*
• CKDO 1580AM/107.7FM
• 94.9 The Rock

Emergency services

• Oshawa Fire Services
• Durham Region EMS
• Ornge

History

• In 2005 and 2006 the Canadian Forces Snowbirds flew 3 Airshows around the airport and over Oshawa's lake view park during the Canadian Aviation Expo.
• The airport is frequently used for Canadian Airforce C-17 Globemaster low level training passes.

See also

• List of airports in the Greater Toronto Area
• RCAF Station Oshawa

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 20 October 2011 to 0901Z 15 December 2011
2. ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
3. ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers

• Bruce Forsyth's Canadian Military History Page
• Wings Magazine, March 7, 2008

External links

• Oshawa Airport