🇨🇦 Oshawa Executive Airport

The Oshawa Executive Airport (IATA: YOO, ICAO: CYOO) is a municipal airport located north of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada,. It is owned and operated by the City of Oshawa,.

Type of facility and operations:

• It is the busiest general aviation airport without scheduled airline service in the Greater Toronto Area by aircraft movements and one of the busiest general aviation-only airports in Canada,.
• The airport supports corporate business travel and general aviation.
• Services include flight training, air ambulance, passenger charter, freight services, aerial police operations, and aircraft maintenance.
• It is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed on call by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) for aircraft with no more than 50 passengers arriving from outside Canada.
• The airport has two paved runways: 05/23 (809 m / 2,654 ft) and 12/30 (1,541 m / 5,057 ft),,.
• It features a Nav Canada control tower, Global Navigation Satellite System, Area Navigation (RNAV), and Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) approaches.
• A full-service Fixed Based Operator (FBO) is open 24 hours, 365 days a year, providing fuel, maintenance, and logistical support,.

Notable features or history:

• Opened in June 1941 as No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during World War II,.
• The City of Oshawa officially took over management of the airport in 1947,.
• In 2017, runway 12-30 was reconstructed and lengthened from 4,250 feet to 5,057 feet, with new LED edge lights and PAPIs installed,. This included a "runway starter extension" at the Runway 12 end, the first of its kind in Canada, to help aircraft get airborne faster and reduce noise.
• Noise barriers and blast deflectors were also installed to mitigate noise for nearby residents.
• A new control tower was opened in June 2018.

Current status:

• The Oshawa Executive Airport is open seven days a week, 365 days a year.
• There are no scheduled passenger flights, and none are planned.
• The City Council has committed to operating the airport until at least 2033.

*Sources researched: oshawa.ca, en.wikipedia.org, airportimprovement.com, flightera.net, skyvector.com*