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Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) Transfers
Private chauffeur transfers at Region of Waterloo, Hamilton.
Region of Waterloo International is owned and operated by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and is a full-service facility supporting commercial, corporate and general aviation at once. It sits alongside Highway 401, minutes from Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener and Waterloo.
Both halves of it are substantial. Flair Airlines, WestJet and Sunwing Vacations (flights operated by WestJet) have provided scheduled service from here to Calgary, Cancun, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Orlando Sanford, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Vancouver and Varadero, with all airline travel services on the main floor of the terminal, and a $30.2 million terminal expansion has added a new departures lounge and a new baggage system. At the same time it is the busiest general aviation airport in Ontario, where flight training has always accounted for over half of aircraft movements - the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre, one of the largest professional flight training schools in Canada, is based here and accredited with Conestoga College and the University of Waterloo.
Meet & Greet
Your chauffeur meets you at the arrivals curb with a name sign. Meeting inside the terminal is available on request, at an extra charge.
60 minutes of waiting
Complimentary on every airport pickup, measured from when your aircraft lands.
Flight number on file
Our dispatch team checks your flight's arrival time and adjusts your pickup.
Door-to-door
Direct to your destination, with no stops you did not ask for.
How pickup works at Region of Waterloo
For a scheduled flight, this is an ordinary meet and greet pickup: your chauffeur meets you at the arrivals curb with a name sign, all airline services being on the main floor of the terminal. Meeting inside the terminal is available on request, at an extra charge. Give us the flight number and our dispatch team checks your flight's arrival time and adjusts your pickup.
For a corporate or training flight, give us the operator and registration instead and dispatch will agree the meeting point on the field. It is worth saying which of the two you are, because this airport is genuinely both.
Sixty minutes of complimentary waiting from landing are included either way.
The airport is in Ontario, so trips book online with a fixed Canadian-dollar fare. It is about 45 km from downtown Hamilton and about 85 km from downtown Toronto, straight-line, so it is a real alternative for the western end of the region rather than a novelty.
The included waiting period and the per-minute rate after it are set out in clause 4 of our Terms.
Region of Waterloo in brief
- Owner and operator
- The Regional Municipality of Waterloo. A full-service facility supporting commercial, corporate and general aviation.
- Position
- Alongside Highway 401, minutes from Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener and Waterloo.
- Scheduled service
- Flair Airlines, WestJet and Sunwing Vacations (flights operated by WestJet), to Calgary, Cancun, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Orlando Sanford, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Vancouver and Varadero. Airline travel services are on the main floor of the terminal.
- Terminal
- A $30.2 million expansion, including a new departures lounge and a new baggage system.
- General aviation
- The busiest general aviation airport in Ontario; flight training has always been over half of aircraft movements. The Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre is based here, accredited with Conestoga College and the University of Waterloo.
- Distance
- About 45 km from downtown Hamilton and about 85 km from downtown Toronto, straight-line from the airport's official coordinates.
Questions about Region of Waterloo
Does this airport have scheduled flights?
Yes. Flair, WestJet and Sunwing Vacations (flights operated by WestJet) have flown scheduled service from it to destinations including Calgary, Vancouver, Cancun and Punta Cana. Airline travel services are on the terminal's main floor, which makes meeting an arrival simple.
I am arriving on a corporate flight, not an airline one - does that change the booking?
Only in what you tell us. Give us the operator and the aircraft registration instead of a flight number, and dispatch will agree where the car waits. The airport handles commercial, corporate and general aviation side by side.
How far is it from Toronto?
About 85 km from downtown Toronto and about 45 km from downtown Hamilton, straight-line from the airport's official coordinates. It sits on Highway 401, which is what makes it usable from either.
Why is a small airport so busy?
Flight training. This is the busiest general aviation airport in Ontario, and training has always been more than half of the movements, with the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre based on the field. Those movements are circuits, not arriving passengers.
Chauffeur service in Hamilton
Region of Waterloo serves Hamilton, Ontario. The city page covers everything we run there, not only the airport work.
Chauffeur service in Hamilton →Other airports we serve in Hamilton
- John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM) — commercial, about 10 km from downtown Hamilton in a straight line
- Burlington Executive Airport (CZBA) — private and business aviation, about 20 km from downtown Hamilton in a straight line
- Brantford Municipal Airport (YFD) — private and business aviation, about 40 km from downtown Hamilton in a straight line