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CYKF · YKF

Waterloo Airport

43.46080°N
-80.37860°W
ARR / DAY
96
▲ 9.5%
DEP / DAY
136
▼ 0.8%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

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 96 arrivals and 136 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 20 carriers across 38 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 212 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11h ago
Temp
48°F
Wind
6 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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METAR CYKF 260700Z AUTO 33006KT 9SM CLR 09/07 A3021 RMK SLP233

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

Schedule vs actual
0m 5a 0m 6a 0m 7a 0m 8a 0m 9a 0m 10a 10m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 662
China Flying Dragon Aviation 19% CGY 14% Walmart Aviation (Rogers 13% Chicago AIR 12% Condor Flugdienst 10% Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A. 9% CFY 8% Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV 8% CGT 8%

Top destinations

By flight count

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CYSA 50
YYC 19
CNR2 18
CNC4 12
CPE4 12
YYZ 11

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
China Flying Dragon Aviation
123
CGY
91
Walmart Aviation (Rogers
86
Chicago AIR
79
Condor Flugdienst
63
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
58
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CFY
55
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
55
CGT
52
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
51
Capital Aircraft Group
50
CAL Gulf Aviation
43
Aerofan
40
Centrafric'Air S.A.
34
NON
29
GMO
26
2080061 Ontario
26
Flair Airlines
23
CGI
21
CGJ
16
Airsprint
15
Bromma AIR Maintenance AB
14
Westjet Airlines
13
CFM
12
DE Havilland Aircraft of Canada
12
Chinguetti Airlines
11
CFA AIR Charters (Pty)
11
Charlotte
9
Church Fenton FTU
9
CFO
7
Chartright AIR
7
PAL Airlines
7
Pacific SKY Aviation
7
CGS
6
Aero Calafia
6
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (McClellan
6
Comercializacion Industrial Global
6
Care Flight (NSW)
6
CFP
5
Empire Airlines (Hayden Lake
5

Destination network

Great-circle routes from CYKF · last 7d

13 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 3 PM · 1 movement every 212 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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See all routes → 80 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YKFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 13 3h 40m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 CGY 9 0h 34m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 9 0h 37m
YKFYHZ
Halifax, CA
 Flair Airlines 9 2h 10m
YKFCPT3
Rockton, CA
 Charlotte 8 0h 12m
YKFYYZ
Toronto, CA
 2080061 Ontario 6 0h 23m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 CFY 6 0h 35m
YKFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Flair Airlines 6 3h 47m
YKFCNR2
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 5 0h 18m
YKFCNC4
Guelph, CA
 Aerofan 5 0h 51m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 Walmart Aviation (Rogers 5 0h 40m
YKFCNC4
Guelph, CA
 Condor Flugdienst 4 0h 44m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 Chicago AIR 4 0h 17m
YKFCNC3
 Chinguetti Airlines 4 0h 22m
YKFYSJ
Saint John, CA
 CFO 4 1h 56m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 CAL Gulf Aviation 3 0h 27m
YKFCPE4
Cambridge, CA
 Walmart Aviation (Rogers 3 1h 10m
YKFCNQ4
Tillsonburg, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 3 0h 18m
YKFCNR2
 Capital Aircraft Group 3 0h 35m
YKFCPE4
Cambridge, CA
 Chinguetti Airlines 3 0h 45m

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
5/13/2010
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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