Lake Simcoe Regional Airport

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Lake Simcoe Regional Airport

Barrie-Orillia Lake Simcoe Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner County of Simcoe [1]
OperatorLake Simcoe Regional Airport Inc., [1] County of Simcoe [2]
Serves Barrie
Location Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation  AMSL 972 ft / 296 m
Coordinates 44°29′10″N079°33′20″W / 44.48611°N 79.55556°W / 44.48611; -79.55556
Website www.lakesimcoeairport.com
Map
Canada Ontario location map 2.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
CYLS
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
10/286,0011,829Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft movements17,890

Lake Simcoe Regional Airport( IATA : YLK, ICAO : CYLS), formerly the Oro Barrie Orillia Regional Airport, [4] is a registered aerodrome that operates as a regional airport located near Highway 11 in the township of Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada. The airport is operated by Lake Simcoe Regional Airport Inc., a municipal service corporation owned by the County of Simcoe. [1]

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The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with no more than 24 passengers. [2] The airport has published instrument approaches.

Improvements

In 2010, the City of Barrie and the Township of Oro-Medonte jointly upgraded and expanded the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport in order to improve operational safety and foster economic activity by leveraging infrastructure to meet growing demand for employment opportunities.

As part of the upgrades and expansion project, the following major works were completed:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About - Governance". Lake Simcoe Regional Airport. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  4. ↑ Information Orillia
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