page_title: Markham Airport
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Markham Airport / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: IMG_1410
context_page_description: Markham Airport or Toronto/Markham Airport, is a private aerodrome operating 2.6 nautical miles north of Markham, Ontario, Canada near Toronto.
  The airport was founded in 1965 by two former Polish air force pilots and is owned by Wings of Flights, Inc. and operated by Markham Airport Inc. The airport is not part of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. The airport consists of a single 2,013 ft runway for small and private aircraft only. The Royal Canadian Air Cadets Gliding Program uses the north side of the runway 09/27 for glider operations in the spring and fall months, and use a northern traffic pattern.
context_section_description: Located at the entrance of the airfield is a classrooms used by tenant flight school Canadian Flyer International. There is one small hangar at the airport with most aircraft parked on the grass on the south side of the runway. A number of storage sheds, portables and trailers are found at the airport.
  The airport tarmac is also home to a few aircraft and other military equipment from the Canadian Air, Land and Sea Museum.
  CT-128 Expeditor transport
  CT-133 Silver Star
  CF-5 Freedom Fighter
  CF-104 Starfighter (Various Airforces)
  Canadair CL-13 Sabre
  Schweizer SGS 2-33A Royal Canadian Air Cadets
  Noorduyn Norseman - shell only
  Bedford TK 4x4 - appears to have disappeared
caption: Canadair CF-5 museum aircraft at Markham Airport
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