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Kingston Airport (IATA: YGK, ICAO: CYGK), also known as Norman Rogers Airport, is a regional airport located 4.3 nautical miles (8.0 km; 4.9 mi) west of the core of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Kingston Airport
  • IATA: YGK
  • ICAO: CYGK
  • WMO: 71620
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCity of Kingston
LocationKingston, Ontario
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
  Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL303 ft / 92 m
Coordinates44°13′35″N 076°35′48″W
Websitewww.ygkairport.com
Map
CYGK
Location in Ontario
CYGK
CYGK (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 6,001 1,829 Asphalt
07/25 3,909 1,191 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements37,876
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

The airport is named after former MP Norman McLeod Rogers (Kingston City 1935–1940), Minister of Labour and then National Defence in Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's cabinet. Rogers died in a plane crash on June 10, 1940 while flying from Ottawa to Toronto for a speaking engagement.


History


Norman Rogers Airport terminal
Norman Rogers Airport terminal
On approach to runway 25 in a Cessna C-150
On approach to runway 25 in a Cessna C-150

Before 1940, Kingston was served only by the Kingston Airfield, a grass strip just north of the city's downtown, which closed in 1942. In 1940, during the Second World War, an airfield was built to the west of Kingston to serve as a training station for the Royal Air Force's No. 31 Service Flying Training School (SFTS). The school provided advanced flight training in Battle and Harvard aircraft. In 1942 the school became part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP). The BCATP's No. 14 Service Flying Training School moved to Kingston in 1944 and merged with the RAF school. No. 14 SFTS used Harvards, Yales and Ansons. The airport's runway outline displays the classic BCATP triangle pattern. A decommissioned yellow Harvard aircraft now stands on a pedestal near the airport entrance to commemorate the airport's wartime role.

In 1953, naval air squadron VC 921 was formed as a tender to HMCS Cataraqui, and used the airport. The unit operated Harvards and one C-45D Expeditor until it was disbanded in 1959.[4]

The airport was transferred to city control in 1972.

The airport was originally built with six 2,500 ft (760 m) runways; however, this was reduced to three, as they were all parallel runways. One can still see where some parts of the parallel runways were from the air. Later, runway 01/19 was extended northwards to a length of 5,000 ft (1,500 m) to handle larger aircraft, and it is planned to be extended to 6,000 ft (1,800 m) (the prevailing wind is from the south off Lake Ontario). Runway 07/25 was extended northeastwards to a length of nearly 4,000 ft (1,200 m), with no plans to extend it, due to the requirements for certified airports on runways over a certain length. The remaining runway, 12/30, was decommissioned in 2003 and converted to a taxiway.

In 2018, the city began on extending the runway 01/19 from 5,000 ft to 6,001 ft. At the same time, the terminal was under construction with plans to expand the post security waiting area to accommodate larger aircraft such as a 737 or Q400. Construction is also underway at the departure and arrival areas to accommodate more passengers as well as a general renovation to make it more inviting and accessible.

Air Canada indefinitely suspended its operations at Kingston Airport in June 2020 because of the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[5]

On August 31, 2020, FlyGTA Airlines announced that it would begin regular passenger service four days per week between Kingston and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on September 10.[6] However, due to COVID, the airline stopped running this service on December 10, 2020.

On December 9, 2021, Pascan Aviation announced that it would begin regular passenger service between Kingston and Montréal–Trudeau International Airport starting March 14, 2022.[7]

On January 11, 2022 the City of Kingston announced that once again, it has partnered with FlyGTA Airlines to offer passenger service between Kingston and Toronto starting January 31, 2022. [8]


Airlines and destinations



Passenger


AirlinesDestinations
FlyGTA Airlines Toronto–Billy Bishop[8]
Pascan Aviation Montréal–Trudeau[7]

Cargo


AirlinesDestinations
SkyLink Express Hamilton

Frequencies


Kingston Airport services two frequencies: ATIS (135.550 MHz) and radio (122.500 MHz). There is also guidance for private aircraft needing fuel or parking on Kingston Flying Club Advisory (122.800 MHz).

There is an instrument landing system servicing Runway 19, on the frequency 111.3 MHz.[9] Kingston also has a non-directional beacon (NDB) that transmits "YGK" in Morse code on the longwave radio frequency of 263 kHz.[10]


Operations


Kingston Airport from the air
Kingston Airport from the air

Kingston is a mandatory frequency airport with an operating flight service station. The airport also supports a large amount of general aviation traffic, including flight training and general recreational flying. As one of the only public airports to offer an ILS approach along the corridor between Montréal–Trudeau and Toronto–Pearson (along with Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier), the Kingston airport is an important alternate during poor weather conditions.

Kingston Flying Club, a flight school and charter operation, is located in hangar #5.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with no more than 30 passengers.[1]


See also



References


  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today
  3. "Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report (TP 577): Table 2-2 — Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations". www150.statcan.gc.ca.
  4. Gimblett, Richard H.; Hadley, Michael L. (2010-11-16). Citizen Sailors: Chronicles of Canada's Naval Reserve, 1910-2010. Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-4597-0533-3.:61
  5. Evans, Pete (June 30, 2020). "Air Canada cancels 30 domestic routes, closes 8 stations at regional airports". CBC News. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  6. "Kingston Airport welcomes FLYGTA visitors". City of Kingston. August 31, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  7. "Pascan Aviation to begin passenger service to Kingston". thewhig.
  8. Soucy, Paul (January 11, 2022). "Air service to Toronto returns to Kingston airport". Global News Kingston. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  9. "ILS - Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport - Kingston, Ontario - Ground Based Air Navigation Support Structures on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com.
  10. YGK Kingston - ourairports.com



На других языках


- [en] Kingston Norman Rogers Airport

[es] Aeropuerto de Kingston-Rogers

El Aeropuerto de Kingston-Rogers (en inglés: Kingston Airport) (IATA: YGK, OACI: CYGK) está ubicado a 4,3 MN (8,0 km; 4,9 mi) al oeste de adyacente a Kingston, Ontario, Canadá.

[fr] Aéroport Kingston-Norman Rogers

L'aéroport Kingston-Norman Rogers est un aéroport situé en Ontario, au Canada. Il porte le nom de Norman McLeod Rogers (en) (1894-1940), ministre de la défense du Canada à sa mort dans un accident d'avion le 10 juin 1940.



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