Airports
Toronto-area Buttonville Airport Calls It Quits
The GA airport once ranked among Canada's busiest
Aerial view of Buttonville Airport
A staple of the Toronto-area general aviation community for more than six decades, Buttonville Municipal Airport has seen its last flight. © Darryl Dahmer

Rumors regarding the fate of Toronto-area Buttonville Municipal Airport (CYKZ) have swirled for years, but the airfield—which was designated as an official airport in 1962—is permanently closing today. At its peak, CYKZ was one of Canada’s busiest airports, seeing 220,000 operations a year.

The Sifton family had run the airport for the past 60 years, with Derek Sifton in charge for the past three-and-a-half decades. His father bought out his partners at CYKZ back in 1963 and turned it into a family business.

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