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23-840: From 2002 to 2008, Oshawa hosted the annual Canadian Aviation Expo , Canada's largest annual aviation event, before the expo moved to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in 2009. Oshawa Airport now hosts the Girls Take Flight event that takes place every spring. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed on call by the Canada Border Services Agency . CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with no more than 50 passengers. The officers also provided weekday call out for general aviation arriving from outside Canada to Buttonville Municipal Airport in Markham, Ontario before that airport

46-764: A Class A , clear-channel frequency and inheriting its protections against interference. The 1580 frequency had originally been the home of CBJ in Chicoutimi, Quebec , before that Ici Radio-Canada station migrated to the FM dial. CKDO operates at the minimum power required to broadcast on a clear-channel frequency, 10,000 watts. The CKDO call sign was previously used by an unrelated station in Baie-Comeau, Quebec , which operated at 92.5 FM from 1988 to 1991. 43°52′19″N 78°45′53″W  /  43.87194°N 78.76472°W  / 43.87194; -78.76472 This article about

69-630: A week, operating for medevac services and the police air support unit. [REDACTED] Media related to Oshawa Airport at Wikimedia Commons Canadian Aviation Expo The Canadian Aviation Expo (CAE) was Canada's largest aviation event, combining a three-day tradeshow with a fly-in . Except for 2007 it included an airshow. The Expo was held annually at the beginning of May at the Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport in Ontario . The event attracted about 20,000 visitors per year. The event

92-508: Is a clear channel , Class A station. The transmitter is on Courtice Road in Clarington . Programming is also heard on FM rebroadcaster CKDO-FM-1 at 107.7 MHz and on 95.9 CJKX-FM -HD3. On October 5, 1946 ; 78 years ago  ( 1946 ) , CKDO first signed on . It was launched by T. W. Elliott, an executive with the Canadian division of General Motors . Its original frequency

115-530: Is irresponsible. The surrounding community is also concerned that they are not being represented appropriately by the local standing committees. The proposal to expand was delayed at a public meeting on December 5, 2011, as there was not enough room in the Oshawa Council Chambers to accommodate all of the public that showed up in opposition. A new meeting date was to be set sometime in January 2012. After

138-639: The airfield was turned over to the Department of Transport . The then-Town of Oshawa took over the facility in 1947. The planned construction of a Pickering Airport , between Oshawa and Toronto, raised questions about the future of the Oshawa airport. In 2018 the mayor of nearby Pickering made the construction of a new modern jet airport in Pickering a key part of his platform, winning a landslide victory. Local media continues to report that there remains strong opposition to

161-447: The airport for a minimum of 25 years. Dozens of upgrades completed by 2010 include construction of new Taxiway "C", Phase 1 of Hangarminium Complex, cardlock fuel facility, and Automated Weather Observation System . On July 11, 2011, Ornge Air Medivac announced that it would open a 24-hour base to help cut the airlift response time to Toronto hospitals. This plan was cancelled in 2013. In 2011–2012, local politicians and

184-416: The closure of the nearby Buttonville Municipal Airport 's control tower, re-built in 2006, and weather office effective January 3, 2019. The terminal area forecast station was installed at Oshawa Executive and scheduled to be operational on the same day that Buttonville shut down its facility. Oshawa Executive Airport is managed and maintained by Total Aviation & Airport Solutions under contract from

207-655: The construction of the Pickering Airport by some residents. This project was initiated in 1972, then placed on hold in 1975. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is not related to Oshawa Airport in any way and as of 2011 has no further role in Pickering Airports development. In 2008 the City of Oshawa adopted the Oshawa Municipal Airport Business Plan which includes a commitment to operate

230-438: The contracted airport management were endeavouring to expand the main runway from 4,000 to 5,000 ft (1,200 to 1,500 m) to acquire additional and larger corporate traffic. This was met with much opposition, as the existing surrounding community is already in close proximity of the runway and the flight paths. The surrounding community asserts that increasing activity at an airport closely nested among residential communities

253-505: The control tower in October 2009. It is a partnership between Durham College and the fire departments of Clarington, Oshawa and Whitby. Enterprise Airlines is currently the only full-service FBO at the airport. Enterprise officially opened its doors in 1994 at the original location on the south end of the field next to the old control tower. Enterprise moved to the northwest corner of the field in 2000. The FBO stays open 24 hours per day, 7 days

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276-572: The eastern suburbs of the Greater Toronto Area . The station airs a classic hits – oldies format and is owned by Durham Radio Inc. CKDO is one of only two radio stations in Canada that broadcast on 1580 kHz . The other is CBPK , a 50-watt weather information station in Revelstoke , British Columbia . CKDO is powered at 10,000 watts , using a directional antenna with a two- tower array . It

299-467: The largest, multi-specialty medical group practice in Canada, including Urgent Care, Laboratory, Pharmacy and a dental office aptly named, The Airport Dental Centre; Airport Self Storage Ltd., with ten buildings on six acres; National Defence, The Ontario Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, Oshawa Airport Armoury; and the Durham Children's Aid Society. A live fire training simulator opened south of

322-477: The meeting and great opposition from the general public, it was decided in August 2012 that the expansion project would be cancelled. There has been no revival of the expansion plan since. In 2016, the City of Oshawa approved a $ 6 million plan to reconstruct runway 12-30 that would involve an estimated four-week closure of the airport to all fixed-wing aircraft. The construction started on September 5, 2017, and

345-587: The operator, the City of Oshawa. TAAS also operate and control the fuel pumps on the North Apron. Commercial radio stations CKDO and CKGE-FM , licensed to Oshawa, and CJKX , licensed to Ajax , operate from studios on the Oshawa Airport grounds. These organizations operate on former airport land at the entrances to the airport on Taunton Road: Mandarin Chinese Buffet restaurant; Taunton Health Centre, part of

368-503: The runway reopened on October 10, 2017. The airport added new LED edge lights and PAPIs on runway 12–30 to improve night and low advisability conditions. During this time Nav Canada approved and started construction on a new control tower to the northwest of the original tower that was built over 50 years ago. The new tower was estimated to cost $ 9 million and opened for use in June 2018. On November 1, 2018, Nav Canada announced

391-573: The show since 2002 have been Stephen Wilcox, Steve Nichols and John Green. The Expo's major sponsor since 2002 has been Breitling . A major supporter of this event is the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association who held their annual convention in conjunction with the CAE in both 2003 and 2006. CKDO CKDO (1580 kHz ) is a commercial AM radio station in Oshawa , Ontario , Canada, serving

414-481: The station returned to the oldies format by the summer of that year. In 2003, CKDO and CKGE were acquired by their current owner, Durham Radio Inc. Durham established an FM rebroadcaster in 2005. The station had originally been approved by the CRTC in 2004, conditional on choosing a frequency other than 107.7, for which the station had originally applied. On August 13, 2006, CKDO moved from 1350 to 1580 kHz, taking over

437-844: The stations to Power Broadcasting . In 1992, Power readopted the station's original CKDO call sign and an oldies format. In 1996, the station moved to an adult contemporary music format, sometimes simulcasting the programming of its FM sister station and other times airing its own distinct programming schedule. In 2000, Corus Entertainment acquired the stations. In February 2001, Corus tried adding CKDO to its short-lived talk radio network (also consisting of CHML in Hamilton , CFPL in London , CKRU in Peterborough , CFFX in Kingston and CJOY in Guelph ), but

460-497: Was 1240 kilocycles . In 1950, Elliott sold the station to Lakeland Broadcasting, which changed the call sign to CKLB. The station moved to AM 1350 in 1956. The following year, Lakeland launched an FM sister station, CKLB-FM . In 1979, the stations were acquired by Grant Broadcasting, and CKLB adopted the new call sign CKAR. (The former CKAR call sign is now used at a radio station in Huntsville ). In 1990, Grant Broadcasting sold

483-532: Was closed in 2023. The airport opened in June 1941 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School RCAF Station Oshawa . Student flyers used Tiger Moth aircraft and were trained by civilian instructors from the Oshawa, Kingston, and Brant-Norfolk flying clubs. A relief landing field was located at Whitby. The school closed in December 1944 and

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506-585: Was purchased prior to the 2001 show by Stephen Wilcox. The move to the Oshawa Airport was made in 2002 and the name was changed to Canadian Aviation Expo at the same time. In 2009 the Expo moved from Oshawa Airport to Hamilton Airport where it used the facilities of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in a joint show. The event has not been held since 2014. Principals in the operation of

529-658: Was started as the Toronto Aviation & Aircraft Show in 1993 by Toronto Air Traffic Controller Eamonn Flynn, and was held at the Toronto International Centre, adjacent Toronto Pearson International Airport. In 1994, requiring a greatly increased display area, it was moved to the Canadian Airlines hangar at Toronto Pearson International Airport , and later to accommodate a fly-in aspect of the show, moved to Downsview Airport in north Toronto. The business

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