Kingston Norman Rogers Airport
Kingston Norman Rogers Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Norman Rogers Airport Terminal in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | City of Kingston | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | December 1940 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 303 ft / 92 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°13′35″N 076°35′48″W / 44.22639°N 76.59667°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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CYGK Location in Ontario CYGK CYGK (Canada) | |||||||||||||||
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| Source: Canada Flight Supplement Environment Canada Movements from Statistics Canada | |||||||||||||||
Kingston Norman Rogers Airport or YGK Airport (IATA: YGK, ICAO: CYGK), also known as Kingston Airport, is the main airport serving Kingston, Ontario and its metropolitan area. The airport is named after Norman McLeod Rogers (former member of parliament for Kingston City 1935–1940), Minister of Labour and then National Defence in prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's cabinet. Located 4.3 nautical miles (8.0 km; 4.9 mi) west of downtown Kingston, Ontario, in the west end of the city, it is the largest airport in the region, in 2019 it was reported that 70,000 people travel through the airport each year. It is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency who can handle aircraft with up to 30 passengers.
The airport was formerly a wartime military air station built and owned by Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for use as a Royal Air Force training school. The Department of Transport assumed ownership of the site after the end of the Second World War and leased the airport to the City of Kingston. The airport faced challenges in maintaining profitability until the City of Kingston purchased it completely in 1974.