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CYKF · YKF

Waterloo Airport

43.46080°N
-80.37860°W
ARR / DAY
75
▲ 28.0%
DEP / DAY
116
▲ 31.5%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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Waterloo Airport (CYKF/YKF) is a medium international airport located in Kitchener, Canada. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 75 arrivals and 116 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 16 carriers across 37 routes. The most active carrier is China Flying Dragon Aviation (CFA). The busiest route is to Stratford Municipal Airport (CYSA). At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 240 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
1
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
4 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYKF 160100Z AUTO 10004KT 9SM CLR 17/13 A3017 RMK SLP216 DENSITY ALT 1300FT

Runways

2 installed

7,003 FT MAX
08/26
7,003 ft × 148
ASP● LIT
14/32
4,103 ft × 148
ASP● LIT

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 561
China Flying Dragon Aviation 19% CGY 15% Chicago AIR 11% Walmart Aviation (Rogers 11% Condor Flugdienst 10% CGT 9% Colorful Guizhou Airlines 9% Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A. 8% CFY 7%

Top destinations

By flight count

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CYSA 28
YYC 17
CNC3 9
YHZ 8
CPD3 8
CNR2 6

Carriers

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China Flying Dragon Aviation
105
CGY
82
Chicago AIR
64
Walmart Aviation (Rogers
64
Condor Flugdienst
55
CGT
53
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Colorful Guizhou Airlines
50
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
46
CFY
42
Capital Aircraft Group
40
Aerofan
39
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
38
CGI
37
Flair Airlines
36
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (McClellan
35
2080061 Ontario
28
CGJ
22
NON
17
GMO
15
Centrafric'Air S.A.
14
CAL Gulf Aviation
14
Westjet Airlines
10
Chinguetti Airlines
8
Comercializacion Industrial Global
7
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
7
CFA AIR Charters (Pty)
7
Cranfield University
7
Pivot Airlines
6
Airsprint
5
Church Fenton FTU
5
Charlotte
5
AIR Changan
4
Congressional AIR
4
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
4
Chongqing Forebase General Aviation
4
CFM
3
CGS
3
PAL Airlines
3
Panorama Aviation
3
Chartright AIR
3

Destination network

Great-circle routes from CYKF · last 7d

11 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 2 PM · 1 movement every 240 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YKFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 9 3h 46m
YKFYHZ
Halifax, CA
 Flair Airlines 8 2h 5m
YKFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Flair Airlines 8 3h 58m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 6 0h 29m
YKFCNC4
Guelph, CA
 Condor Flugdienst 5 0h 32m
YKFCNC3
 Chinguetti Airlines 5 0h 25m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 CGY 4 0h 20m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 Capital Aircraft Group 4 0h 40m
YKFCYHS
Hanover, CA
 CGY 3 0h 39m
YKFCPD3
Durham, CA
 Walmart Aviation (Rogers 3 0h 36m
YKFCPD3
Durham, CA
 CGY 3 0h 33m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 CGT 3 0h 26m
YKFCNR2
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 3 0h 20m
YKFYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Flair Airlines 3 3h 0m
YKFCNZ7
Hanover, CA
 CGY 2 0h 39m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 Condor Flugdienst 2 0h 51m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (McClellan 2 0h 20m
YKFYSB
Sudbury, CA
 2080061 Ontario 2 2h 13m
YKFCNK9
Kitchener-Waterloo, CA
 Chicago AIR 2 1h 1m
YKFCYHS
Hanover, CA
 Chicago AIR 2 0h 40m

Pilot & community notes

12 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Peacewind152
2/27/2024
(no subject)
AVGAS available from Summit Fuel on Apron 2. Currently $2.63/L. Park in a space, walk inside to the flight school’s dispatch desk and speak to a dispatcher about receiving fuel. They’ll send the truck.
Anonymous
9/13/2013
767-300 parking
There might be room to park between BB BA on III-b
prattsoplenty
7/14/2012
re: 767-300
Sure, it could land and take-off from the 7002 feet of runway. It might be restricted to less than maximum take-off weight depending on the load and temperature. As for parking, according to the Canadian Flight Supplement (CFS), the only apron it would be allowed on is number 7 (north-west corner of the airport; not shown in the satellite shot) as all other aprons are restricted to aircraft with wingspans 118 feet or less. Apron 7 is restricted to aircraft with wingspans 170 feet or less.
Anonymous
7/14/2012
767-300
Can a Boeing 767-300 land/to at CYKF and where would it park
david
5/12/2010
No landing fee
Waterloo has eliminated its landing fee for planes with a maximum gross weight under 3,000 kg (6,614 lb).
david
7/3/2009
Avis doesn't need a deposit
For car rentals at the Waterloo airport this weekend, Hertz was sold out and National was demanding a credit-card guarantee with a $50 penalty for cancelling with less than 24 hours notice. Avis, however, let me book with no deposit and no problem.
david
1/16/2008
Waterloo-Wellington stopped selling fuel
As of 1 September 2007, the Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre stopped selling fuel, so it's available only from Flite Line.
david
8/8/2007
Fees and fuel costs
On Saturday 4 August 2007, at Flite Line Services: Landing fee (airport): CA $7.00 + tax Parking: CA $8.14/night + tax 100LL: CA $1.47/litre + tax Tax is 7% GST. Flite Line collects the landing fee on behalf of the airport, so you have to pay it no matter where you park. Flite Line has a ramp fee that it waives when you take fuel, but you still have to pay the first night's parking.
david
8/8/2007
re: Car rental
Don't worry about the car rental hours (see my previous comment). National was happy to leave the keys and contract for me at the Flite Line FBO, so my arrival time didn't matter. Flite Line itself rents Hertz, but they'll handle keys for the other companies as well.
david
8/8/2007
Busy
This is a busy GA airport. Arriving on Saturday morning on a nice VFR day, tower sent me several miles on a downwind -- all the way over the city -- and then turned me number 4 for landing. Be ready to get off the runway quickly so that you don't hold up other traffic. My past two visits were during the week, when it wasn't quite so busy.
david
8/3/2007
Car rental
National and Avis rent through the public terminal, while Hertz rents through the Flite Line FBO. It was hard to get a car on the August Civic Holiday weekend -- Hertz and Avis had nothing available, and I had to guarantee a car (which is unusual) through National. For an economy car, National charged $40/day before taxes+fees including the COPA discount. It's worth noting that the opening hours are unusual, so plan your arrival carefully (for example, National is closed from 12pm-2pm on Saturday).
dave7101
7/23/2007
YKF
Very nice field, excellent and friendly controllers.
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