Private Jet Airports in Central Ontario and Muskoka
Choosing an airfield here
What drives the choice in this area: where the traffic goes, where you can clear, and what you can land.
Overview
10 airfields serve Central Ontario and Muskoka. Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (CYLS) handles the most business aviation traffic, with 36% of the area's cross-border business jet movements , followed by Muskoka Airport and Peterborough Regional Airport . The area spans a stretch of south-central Ontario running from the Lake Simcoe shoreline near Barrie north into Muskoka's cottage country and east toward Peterborough and the upper Ottawa Valley near Pembroke, with fields as far apart as 108 NM from the area's center. Customs points are spread across four airports rather than concentrated in one location, so a border-crossing arrival has more than one entry option depending on routing. Summer cottage-season demand around Muskoka and Barrie pushes traffic well above winter levels, and no field in the area carries a control tower, which shapes how arrivals sequence during the July and August peak.
Comparison
All ten airfields serving Central Ontario and Muskoka, ranked by business jet traffic. Distance is measured from the area center, and runway length is the longest paved surface on the field.
All ten airfields in the area are shown above.
Source: FAA Form 5010 and CBP list of ports of entry.
Seasonality
Business jet traffic across Central Ontario and Muskoka peaks in July and is lowest in February. Six months run above the yearly average. February sees about three times fewer movements than July.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity in the area.
Source: FAA TFMSC, 6,099 business jet movements across the area, 2025.
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Frequently asked questions
How far apart are the customs airports at Barrie and Muskoka?
Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (CYLS) and Muskoka Airport (CYQA) sit 31 NM apart, and both hold customs status onsite, CYLS as an AOE and CYQA as an AOE/15. For crews planning a cross-border arrival into Central Ontario and Muskoka, this gives two independent clearance points within a short repositioning leg of each other. The choice between them depends on which side of the area the inbound routing favors, and on the operating hours each customs designation implies for the specific arrival. Fuel and ramp handling at each field should be confirmed separately, since customs status alone does not describe ground services.
Which airport in the area has the longest runway available to business jets?
Peterborough Regional Airport (CYPQ) has the longest paved runway in Central Ontario and Muskoka at 7,005 ft, ahead of Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (CYLS) at 6,001 ft and Muskoka Airport (CYQA) at 6,000 ft. Only three fields in the area reach 6,000 ft or more of pavement, which matters for operators running heavier midsize or super-midsize jets that need runway margin for weight or temperature. CYPQ also carries AOE/15 customs status, so runway length and customs clearance are available at the same field rather than requiring a split between two airports.
How concentrated is business jet traffic among the airports in Central Ontario and Muskoka?
Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (CYLS) recorded 2,173 business jet movements in 2025, the largest single share of the 6,099 annual movements tracked across Central Ontario and Muskoka. Muskoka Airport (CYQA) followed with 1,511 movements and Peterborough Regional Airport (CYPQ) with 1,453, so the top three fields account for the large majority of recorded activity. The remaining airports, including Huronia Airport (CYEE) and Pembroke Airport (CYTA), show much lower bizav counts. Dispatchers weighing ramp congestion or slot pressure at peak times should treat CYLS, CYQA, and CYPQ as the fields carrying most of the area's traffic.
How seasonal is business jet activity in Central Ontario and Muskoka?
Business jet movements in Central Ontario and Muskoka peaked at 892 in July 2025 and dropped to 266 in February, a spread that reflects the area's lake-country draw for summer traffic around Muskoka and Barrie. Six months of the year run above the 508 average monthly movements, concentrated in the warmer season from April through September. Operators planning summer trips into this area should expect materially higher movement counts at the busier fields like Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (CYLS) than a winter visit to the same airport would suggest.
Why might a flight into Central Ontario and Muskoka be recorded as cross-border traffic rather than area-wide activity?
Because Central Ontario and Muskoka sits on the Canadian side of the border, the bizav movement counts reported for this area reflect cross-border traffic as tracked from the FAA side, not the full domestic activity generated within the area itself. This matters when comparing the 6,099 annual movements figure against a purely Canadian traffic count, since the two measure different populations of flights. Operators using this figure for planning purposes should treat it as a measure of transborder demand touching fields like Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (CYLS) and Peterborough Regional Airport (CYPQ), rather than as total airport activity.