Tillsonburg Airport, , is located 3 NM north of Tillsonburg, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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The Tillsonburg Municipal Airport began as a World War II

World War II

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 era flight training facility which subsequently was purchased by the Town of Tillsonburg in 1970. The airport is a general aviation facility home to several organizations and businesses. Regular users of the airport include the Ontario Provincial Police

Ontario Provincial Police

The Ontario Provincial Police is the Provincial Police service for the province of Ontario, Canada.-Overview:The OPP is the the largest deployed police force in Ontario, and the second largest in Canada. The service is responsible for providing policing services throughout the province in areas...

, Ornge

Ornge

Ornge is the air ambulance service for the province of Ontario and for the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care...

 (Ontario Air Ambulance), Canadian Coast Guard

Canadian Coast Guard

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 and corporate aircraft.

The airport is home to the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association

Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association

The Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association is a non-profit charitable organization based in Tillsonburg, Ontario. It was founded with the aim of acquiring, preserving, restoring, maintaining, displaying and demonstrating the North American Harvard aircraft and other training aircraft associated...

 (CHAA) which is headquartered at the airport and maintains a fleet of Harvard

T-6 Texan

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 aircraft at the airport.

The airport has undergone a significant expansion and upgrade including the resurfacing of the main asphalt runway (08/26) and also lengthening it to 5502 ft (1,677 m). A new terminal building is also under construction and will be located just south of the existing ATB which will be demolished. A feasibility study to establish an on-site airport business park is underway in November 2009.

The airport also has one flight school and charter flights are available from Bravo-Zulu Aviation which has two aircraft available for intra-Canada or transborder destinations.

The Tillsonburg Municipal Airport has the only paved runway in Oxford

Oxford County, Ontario

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 and nearby Norfolk Counties

Norfolk County, Ontario

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