Markham Airport

Toronto/Markham Airport
Final approach into Markham
IATA: none – ICAO: none – TC LID: CNU8
Summary
Airport type		Private
Owner		Thomson family, Toronto
Operator		Markham Airport Incorporated
Location		Markham, Ontario
Elevation AMSL		807 ft / 246 m
Coordinates		43°56′09″N 079°15′44″W / 43.93583°N 79.26222°W / 43.93583; -79.26222Coordinates: 43°56′09″N 079°15′44″W / 43.93583°N 79.26222°W / 43.93583; -79.26222
Map
CNU8 Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
09/27	2,013	614	Asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]

Markham Airport or Toronto/Markham Airport, (TC LID: CNU8), is a private airport operating 2.6 NM (4.8 km; 3.0 mi) north of Markham, Ontario, Canada near Toronto.

The airport is owned and operated by Markham Airport Inc. and owned by a numbered Ontario company owned by the Thomson family of Toronto. The airport is not part of the Greater Toronto Airport Authority. The airport consists of a single 2,013 ft (614 m) runway for small and private aircraft only (with night flying capabilities). The Royal Canadian Air Cadets Gliding Program uses the north side or the runway 09/27 for glider operations in the spring and fall months, and use a northern traffic pattern.^[2]

Airport data

• Coordinates: N43 56 09 W79 15 44 UTC-5(4)
• Runway 09/27: 2,013 × 50 ft (614 × 15 m) - asphalt
• Elevation: 807’ VTA A5000 F-21
• Unicom Frequency: 122.80
• Runway Orientation: 09-27
• Lighting: 09-(TE ME), 27-(TE ME) PNR Opr
• ATF: UNICOM LTD HRS o/t TFC 122.8 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) 3500 ASL excluding portion within CYKZ CZ capped at 2000 ASL
• Radio: 122.8 MHz for ATF radio communications
• Tower: none - ATC operates from Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport
• Buildings: Aerodrome

There are plans for a 4,000 foot runway, but it would require approval as the runway would require additional land and airspace belonging to the Greater Toronto Airport Authority's Pickering Airport.

Tenants

• Canadian Flyers International^[3]
• Central Region Spring Familiarization Flying Program - Canadian Forces
• Greater Toronto Gliding Centre (Royal Canadian Air Cadets Schweizer SGS 2-33A)^{[citation needed]}

Facilities

There are eight structures located at the entrance of the airfield. Most are trailer home type of structures. Some structures are classrooms used by tenant flight school Canadian Flyer International.

The airport tarmac is also home to a few aircraft from the defunct Canadian Air, Land and Sea Museum. They were formerly used by the Canadian Forces:

• CT-128 Expeditor transport
• CT-133 Silver Star
• CF-5 Freedom Fighter
• CF-104 Starfighter (Various Airforces)
• Canadair CL-13 Sabre
• Schweizer SGS 2-33A Royal Canadian Air Cadets^{[citation needed]}

Most of the aircraft are missing pieces and lie on the south side of the runway in grass strip.

See also

• List of airports in the Greater Toronto Area

References

1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 20 October 2011 to 0901Z 15 December 2011
2. ^ Canada Flight Supplement
3. ^ "Locations". Canadian Flyers International. http://www.canadianflyers.com/website/Canadian_Flyers_International_Locations.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-18. ^{[dead link]}

• "Airports". Transportation. Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. 2005-12-21. Archived from the original on 2005-12-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20051221092015/http://www.townofws.com/profile/index.php?display=airports. Retrieved 2009-05-18. 

External links

• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
• Canadian Flyers - Markham Airport