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CYKF · YKF

Waterloo Airport

43.46080°N
-80.37860°W
ARR / DAY
76
▲ 31.2%
DEP / DAY
108
▲ 60.5%
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 76 arrivals and 108 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 19 carriers across 33 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 · 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
3

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
2 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYKF 160800Z AUTO 33002KT 9SM FEW045 16/15 A3019 RMK SLP225

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 19m 9a 0m 10a 0m 11a 0m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 529
China Flying Dragon Aviation 19% Walmart Aviation (Rogers 16% Chicago AIR 12% CGY 11% Condor Flugdienst 10% Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A. 9% Capital Aircraft Group 9% Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV 7% Aerofan 7%

Top destinations

By flight count

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CYSA 37
YYC 18
CNR2 12
CNC3 10
YXU 9
YHZ 8

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
China Flying Dragon Aviation
102
Walmart Aviation (Rogers
87
Chicago AIR
63
CGY
59
Condor Flugdienst
54
Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A.
47
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Capital Aircraft Group
45
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
37
Aerofan
35
CFY
34
2080061 Ontario
34
CAL Gulf Aviation
34
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (McClellan
29
Colorful Guizhou Airlines
27
CGT
26
Flair Airlines
25
CGI
24
GMO
23
CGJ
22
Centrafric'Air S.A.
21
NON
19
Westjet Airlines
14
Netjets Aviation
11
Trabajos Aereos y Publicidad Andaluza
10
Charlotte
10
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
9
Chinguetti Airlines
8
Airsprint
8
CGS
7
CFA AIR Charters (Pty)
7
Cranfield University
6
Chartright AIR
6
Comercializacion Industrial Global
5
PAL Airlines
5
CAA Flying Unit
5
Aero Calafia
5
CFM
4
Bromma AIR Maintenance AB
4
CFW
4
DE Havilland Aircraft of Canada
4

Destination network

Great-circle routes from CYKF · last 7d

12 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 3 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 13 3h 41m
YKFYHZ
Halifax, CA
 Flair Airlines 8 2h 9m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 Compagnia Generale Ripreseaeree S.P.A. 8 0h 32m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 6 0h 37m
YKFYXU
London, CA
 Aerofan 5 0h 37m
YKFYYC
Calgary, CA
 Flair Airlines 5 3h 52m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 CGT 5 0h 22m
YKFCYFD
Brantford, CA
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 5 0h 30m
YKFCNC3
 Aerofan 4 0h 39m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (McClellan 4 0h 23m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 Walmart Aviation (Rogers 4 0h 21m
YKFCNC4
Guelph, CA
 Chinguetti Airlines 3 1h 31m
YKFCNR2
 China Flying Dragon Aviation 3 0h 20m
YKFCPE4
Cambridge, CA
 Charlotte 3 0h 21m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 CFY 3 0h 19m
YKFCNC3
 Condor Flugdienst 3 0h 49m
YKFCAT1
Atwood, CA
 Walmart Aviation (Rogers 3 0h 24m
YKFYYZ
Toronto, CA
 2080061 Ontario 3 0h 15m
YKFCYSA
Stratford, CA
 Capital Aircraft Group 3 0h 26m
YKFCPT3
Rockton, CA
 Charlotte 2 0h 11m

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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