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CYKF · YKF

Waterloo Airport

43.46080°N
-80.37860°W
ARR / DAY
61
▼ 9.2%
DEP / DAY
100
▼ 15.5%
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 61 arrivals and 100 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 14 carriers across 27 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 200 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
12 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYKF 132100Z AUTO 24012G25KT 9SM SCT044 SCT055 26/18 A2969 RMK SLP051 DENSITY ALT 2900FT

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 9 494
China Flying Dragon Aviation 23% Walmart Aviation (Rogers 16% Chicago AIR 13% CGY 13% Condor Flugdienst 9% CAL Gulf Aviation 7% CGI 7% GMO 6% Centrafric'Air S.A. 6%

Top destinations

By flight count

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CYSA 15
YYC 11
CNC4 10
CPE4 8
YHZ 7
YYZ 6

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
China Flying Dragon Aviation
112
Walmart Aviation (Rogers
77
Chicago AIR
64
CGY
64
Condor Flugdienst
43
CAL Gulf Aviation
36
Show 34 more carriers →
CGI
35
GMO
32
Centrafric'Air S.A.
31
Aerofan
30
Capital Aircraft Group
28
CFY
27
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
27
2080061 Ontario
25
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
23
CGT
22
Flair Airlines
22
CGJ
17
NON
11
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
11
Empire Airlines (Hayden Lake
10
Cranfield University
10
CFA AIR Charters (Pty)
8
CFQ
7
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
7
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
6
Westjet Airlines
5
PAL Airlines
5
Church Fenton FTU
5
DE Havilland Aircraft of Canada
4
Congressional AIR
4
Canadian Armed Forces
4
JET Freighters
4
CGX
4
Care Flight (NSW)
4
Charlotte
4
CAA Flying Unit
3
Novajet (2106701 Ontario Inc.)
3
CGK
3
Airsprint
3

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 200 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
YKFYHZ
Halifax, CA
 Flair Airlines 7 2h 3m
YKFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Flair Airlines 6 3h 52m
YKFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 5 3h 53m
YKFYYZ
Toronto, CA
 2080061 Ontario 4 0h 18m
YKFCPE4
Cambridge, CA
 Condor Flugdienst 4 0h 47m
YKFCNC4
Guelph, CA
 Chinguetti Airlines 3 0h 45m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 Colorful Guizhou Airlines 3 0h 22m
YKFCNC4
Guelph, CA
 Condor Flugdienst 3 1h 2m
YKFYXU
London, CA
 2080061 Ontario 3 0h 25m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 CAL Gulf Aviation 3 0h 38m
YKFCRE3
Curries, CA
 Chicago AIR 2 0h 16m
YKFCPE4
Cambridge, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 2 1h 22m
YKFYOW
Ottawa, CA
 DE Havilland Aircraft of Canada 2 1h 45m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 2 0h 48m
YKFCNC4
Guelph, CA
 Aerofan 2 0h 58m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 CFY 2 0h 56m
YKFCNR2
 Church Fenton FTU 2 0h 45m
YKFCNR2
 Chicago AIR 2 0h 27m
YKFCNC4
Guelph, CA
 Care Flight (NSW) 2 0h 12m
YKFCRE3
Curries, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 2 0h 24m

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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