Peterborough Airport, , is located 3 NM south-southwest of the city of Peterborough

Peterborough, Ontario

Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The airport includes a main 7000 by asphalt runway oriented east-west, and a smaller 1850 by turf runway oriented northwest-southeast. A new terminal

Airport terminal

An airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer between ground transportation and the facilities that allow them to board and disembark from aircraft....

 building is to be completed in 2011. The Kawartha Lakes Flight Centre and Toronto Avionics have the largest aircraft storage facilities at the airport.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry

Airport of Entry

An airport of entry is an airport that provides customs and immigration services for incoming flights. These services allow the airport to serve as an initial port of entry for foreign visitors arriving in a country.-Africa:-Americas:-Asia:...

 by NAV CANADA

NAV CANADA

Nav Canada is a privately run, not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation system .The company employs approximately 2,000 air traffic controllers , 800 flight service specialists and 700 technologists...

 and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency

Canada Border Services Agency

The Canada Border Services Agency is a federal law enforcement agency that is responsible for border enforcement, immigration enforcement and customs services....

. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.

Work has been completed to expand the existing 5000 ft (1,524 m) foot asphalt runway to 7000 ft (2,134 m), making the runway capable of handling larger aircraft such as the Airbus A320

Airbus A320

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 and the Boeing 737

Boeing 737

The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...

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Tenants

Current

• Airtech Canada Aviation Services - aircraft engineering, manufacturing, and modification company; customer interior for medevac clients
• Angels of Flight Canada Incorporated - air ambulance service
• Flying Colour Corporation - aircraft care and design
• International Aircraft Support & Turbine Engine Sales - parts supplier for the Beechcraft King Air, 1900 Airliner and Pratt & Whitney Gas Turbine engines
• Turbine Engine Sales - Pratt & Whitney parts supplier
• Kadex Aero Supply - surplus aircraft parts wholesaler
• President Air Charter - business charter
• Rapid Aircraft Repair Incorporated
• Shield Source Incorporated - manufacture of self-luminous egress signs
• Runway 27 Café - Family Dining
• Toronto Avionics - aircraft electronics and avionics repair
• Transport Canada
• Complete Aviation Services Limited FBO
• Vector Air Limited - executive class air charter service
• W.M. Aeroservice - general aviation maintenance, aircraft repair, private and commercial pilot training

• Centreline Aviation Services

Historic

• Otonabee Airways
  City Express
  City Express , also known as Air Atonabee Ltd., was an Ontario, Canada based airline that operated passenger service in eastern Canada,the northeastern United States and the center and eastern Mexico from 1971 to 1991.- Fleet :...
  
   or (Air Atonabee Limited 1980) 1975-1984

Transportation

The airport is reached by car from Highway 115 via Airport Road. Parking is limited to the small lots along Airport Road.

External links

• Page about this airport on COPA's
  Canadian Owners and Pilots Association
  The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association is a federally registered not-for-profit association that provides information and advocacy services for Canadian pilots who fly for non-commercial purposes...
  
  Places to Fly airport directory
• Peterborough Airport