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Peterborough Municipal Airport (CYPQ) serves the city of Peterborough, Ontario, and is best known for having the longest paved, lit runway between Ottawa and Toronto. Owned and operated by the City of Peterborough, it is a full-service general and business aviation field offering fuel, maintenance and charter services, making it a practical and welcoming stop for visiting VFR traffic in the Kawarthas region.
Peterborough Municipal Airport lies just outside the city of Peterborough, Ontario, and is owned and operated by the City of Peterborough. It is a full-service aerodrome supporting both business and general aviation, with fuel, aircraft maintenance, a weather observation site and charter operators based on the field. Its combination of a long paved main runway and a shorter crosswind strip, along with its position between Toronto and Ottawa, makes it a useful and interesting waypoint for simulator pilots exploring central Ontario.
The airport sits near the city of Peterborough, Ontario, in the township of Cavan-Monaghan, at coordinates 44.2305 N, 78.3632 W and an elevation of 627 feet. Toronto Centre provides area radar and advisory coverage on 134.25 MHz for aircraft operating in the vicinity.
Peterborough has two paved, lit runways. The main runway, 09/27, is a hard-surfaced strip of about 6957 feet (09) and 6956 feet (27), giving ample length for larger business aircraft. A secondary crosswind runway, 13/31, is also hard-surfaced and lit, measuring 1981 feet in each direction. There is no ILS approach at the field.
Pilots can obtain automated weather from the AWOS on 126.925 MHz. Area traffic and advisory services are available from Toronto Centre on 134.25 MHz, while airport traffic operates on the ATF/UNICOM frequency of 123 MHz for local advisories and coordination in the absence of a control tower.
There is no control tower at Peterborough; traffic coordinates using the ATF/UNICOM frequency of 123 MHz. No specific circuit heights, joining procedures or noise abatement restrictions are detailed in the available material.
The airport is located along Airport Road north of the city of Peterborough, in Cavan-Monaghan township, and can be identified from the air by its long, prominent paved runway complex set among the surrounding rural and lightly wooded terrain typical of the Kawarthas.
The land now forming part of the airport was purchased by the City of Peterborough from Harry Oakman in 1967. The Peterborough Municipal Airport officially opened on September 21, 1969, with a 5,000-foot hard-surfaced, lit runway. It has since been noted for having the longest paved, lit runway between Ottawa and Toronto.
Peterborough Municipal Airport remains a full-service facility catering to business and general aviation, offering fuel, oil, aircraft repairs, a weather observation site and charter flight services. The airport also hosts an aviation-related employment park, services for recreational pilots and aviation education providers, and is capable of supporting aircraft as large as the Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A320 series.
