Peterborough Airport is located south-southwest of the city of

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, Canada. It includes a main asphalt runway oriented east-west, and a smaller paved (2014) runway oriented northwest-southeast. A new

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building was built in 2011. Aircraft completions company Flying Colours Corp. is the largest tenant at the airport. The airport is classified as an

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and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from the

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. CBSA officers at this airport can handle

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aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. Work has been completed to expand an existing asphalt runway to , making the runway capable of handling larger aircraft such as the

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relocated its School of Aviation Technology to Peterborough Airport in January 2014, after their former airport Buttonville was scheduled to close. Seneca had 170 students in classes at its new facility in 2014. The $8.6 million contract was awarded to Mortlock Construction Inc. Mortlock significantly expanded an existing building that the city owned at the airport to about 46,000 square feet from 21,000 square feet, and completed the interior of the structure to the college's specifications with offices, rooms for flight simulators, classrooms, a student lounge, washrooms and a kitchen. Seneca's School of Aviation and Flight Technology has 19 aircraft at the airport.

Tenants

Current * The Loomex Group, airport operators * Airtech Canada Aviation Services - aircraft engineering, manufacturing, and modification company; customer interior for medevac clients * Flying Colours Corporation - aircraft care and design * International Aircraft Support & Turbine Engine Sales - parts supplier for the Beechcraft King Air, 1900 Airliner and Pratt & Whitney Gas Turbine engines. * Turbine Engine Sales - Pratt & Whitney parts supplier * Kadex Aero Supply - surplus aircraft parts wholesaler * President Air Charter - business charter * Rapid Aircraft Repair Incorporated * Gardens & Fields Restaurant - family dining * The Loomex Group- Airport operation and management, property management, emergency management training, emergency exercise design, public relations, communication and marketing * Toronto Avionics - aircraft electronics and avionics repair * Complete Aviation Services Limited FBO * Vector Air Limited - executive class air charter service * W.M. Aeroservice - general aviation maintenance, aircraft repair, private and commercial pilot training * Seneca College, School of Aviation - provides the only aviation technology-based bachelor's degree in Canada Former * Otonabee Airways (Air Atonabee Limited 1980), 1975–1984

Transportation

The airport is reached by car from Highway 115 via Airport Road. Parking is available on-site, although there are few spaces available.

References

External links

Page about this airport
on COPA's ''Places to Fly'' airport directory

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