# Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF / CYKF)

**Region of Waterloo International Airport** (IATA: YKF, ICAO: CYKF) is a medium airport in Breslau, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1930. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,135 m (7,003 ft). In 2024 it handled 523 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cykf

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YKF / CYKF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Breslau, Ontario, Canada
- Opened: 1930
- Elevation: 321 m / 1,054 ft
- Coordinates: 43.4608, -80.3786
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,135 m / 7,003 ft
- Passengers: 523,210 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Toronto
- Website: https://www.waterlooairport.ca/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_of_Waterloo_International_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3912835
- Weather station: CYKF · WMO 71368
- Ident: CYKF

## Timeline

- 1930: Region of Waterloo International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,135 m / 7,003 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 075° / 255° | yes |
| 14/32 | 1,251 m / 4,103 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 91,706 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 119,295 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 106,929 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 105,729 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 101,319 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 119,575 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 148,189 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 133,829 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 145,699 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 171,828 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 445,312 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 523,210 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [YYC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyc.md) Calgary International Airport · Canada · 2,649 km / 1,646 mi · WestJet

### Seasonal (2)

- [CUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmun.md) Cancún International Airport · Mexico · 2,565 km / 1,594 mi · WestJet
- [PUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mdpc.md) Punta Cana International Airport · Dominican Republic · 2,988 km / 1,857 mi · WestJet

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YKF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 523K (2024) | #1,094 of 3,974 | #259 in North America | #20 in CA |
| Longest runway | 2,135 m / 7,003 ft | =3,459 of 29,858 | =806 in North America | #54 in CA |
| Elevation | 321 m / 1,054 ft | =16,842 of 43,403 | =7,447 in North America | #680 in CA |
| Age | Opened 1930 | =406 of 15,079 | =96 in North America | #9 in CA |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =43 in CA |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ARR | Toronto Terminal | 128.275 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 125.100 |
| TWR | Waterloo Tower, primary | 126.000 |
| GND | Waterloo Ground | 121.800 |
| TWR | Waterloo Tower, secondary | 118.550 |
| MF | Waterloo Traffic, 5nm below 4000 ASL, 04Z to 12Z | 126.000 |
| DEP | Toronto Terminal | 128.275 |
| PAL | Toronto Control | 128.275 |

## Nearby airports

- [CYFD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyfd.md) Brantford Municipal Airport · 37 km / 23 mi
- [YHM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhm.md) John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [CNC3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cnc3.md) Brampton-Caledon Airport · 52 km / 33 mi
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · 65 km / 40 mi
- [YXU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyxu.md) London International Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [YTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cytz.md) Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport · 81 km / 51 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Region of Waterloo International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Region_of_Waterloo_International_Airport&oldid=1372869785), revision of 2 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cykf/data