09-03-2015, 09:27 PM
therecord.com/news-story/5826196-regional-airport-is-busiest-training-centre-in-ontario
More than 100 full-time aviation students, either at Waterloo or in a two-year Conestoga College program, have made the Region of Waterloo International Airport the busiest flight training centre in Ontario, and one of the top 10 in the country.
Statistics Canada data show that in 2014, the Waterloo Region airport saw 55,661 local takeoffs and landings — where the aircraft takes off and lands at the same airport. That was the highest number of any airport in Ontario — seventh in Canada — and compares with 27,634 at the Toronto Islands airport and 28,664 in London, Ont.
Buttonville Municipal Airport, just north of Toronto, had long been the busiest training centre in Ontario, but after it announced in 2009 that it would close and its land would be redeveloped for homes and businesses, flight training programs moved out, reducing the number of flights there.
Three facilities offer flight training at the Breslau airport: the Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre, by far the largest with 23 aircraft and 30 instructors; Adler Aviation, with two aircraft and two instructors; and Great Lakes Helicopter, with five helicopters and two instructors.
More than 100 full-time aviation students, either at Waterloo or in a two-year Conestoga College program, have made the Region of Waterloo International Airport the busiest flight training centre in Ontario, and one of the top 10 in the country.
Statistics Canada data show that in 2014, the Waterloo Region airport saw 55,661 local takeoffs and landings — where the aircraft takes off and lands at the same airport. That was the highest number of any airport in Ontario — seventh in Canada — and compares with 27,634 at the Toronto Islands airport and 28,664 in London, Ont.
Buttonville Municipal Airport, just north of Toronto, had long been the busiest training centre in Ontario, but after it announced in 2009 that it would close and its land would be redeveloped for homes and businesses, flight training programs moved out, reducing the number of flights there.
Three facilities offer flight training at the Breslau airport: the Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre, by far the largest with 23 aircraft and 30 instructors; Adler Aviation, with two aircraft and two instructors; and Great Lakes Helicopter, with five helicopters and two instructors.