Burlington Executive Airport
Burlington Executive Airport is a small, privately operated general aviation registered aerodrome in rural Burlington, Ontario west of Toronto. The possible closure of Buttonville Municipal Airport is expected to lead to an increase in traffic. History The airport was founded by Victor and Gwen Kovachik in 1962. The western suburbs of Toronto grew up around it, and it is now a popular airport for Toronto-area pilots and has become a thriving airport. It was purchased by Vince Rossi in 2006. Technical information Magnetic variation: 10° west Communications: Unicom/ATF: Burlington Unicom/Traffic, 123.5 MHz Burlington's main runway - 14/32 - which is Right-hand circuits runway 32, 27 Services A January 2019 report provided the following specifics about the services provided: 143 privately owned aircraft hangars with outside tie-down available charter operations corporate aircraft aircraft maintenance fuel services flight training facilities Controversy Residents neighbouring the airport property have raised a number of concerns about substantial amounts of fill being moved onto the site. Airport officials have indicated that the work they are raising and leveling a large portion of the site for expansion of the airport. The City of Burlington has taken the position that the city's site alteration bylaw is applicable and must be complied with. As a result, the City of Burlington issued an Order to Comply related to the city's Site Alteration Bylaw 6-2003 on 3 May 2013. In May 2014, the Burlington Airpark filed a $100,000 claim for libel against Pepper Parr, Vanessa Warren, and Monte Dennis, seeking damages for comments made in relation to the Airpark's fill operation. Parr is the president of the online newspaper the Burlington Gazette. Warren is the former Chair of the Rural Burlington Greenbelt Coalition (RBGC) and was a candidate for Municipal and Regional Council in 2014. Dennis is the current Co-Chair of the RBGC, and a member of Citizens Opposed to Paving the Escarpment (COPE) and Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment (CONE) Warren and Dennis have characterized this claim as a SLAPP - strategic lawsuit against public participation. In September 2014 Burlington City Council approved an update to its Site Alteration By-Law. By-Law 64-2014 replaced the earlier By-Law 6-2003 which was established to protect and conserve topsoil and for prohibiting the alteration of property within the City of Burlington. According to the staff report E-10-14, the updated by-law would provide the City with better regulatory abilities, particularly for large scale site alteration operations. There were also changes to the fee structure to provide more appropriate cost recoveries for the administrative and inspection duties of staff. In April 2015 Burlington City Council gave staff authority to take Burlington Airpark Inc. back to court over failure to comply with the municipal bylaw. On 21 May 2015, the Ontario Court of Justice heard a motion from Burlington Airpark Inc. to remove paragraphs from a City of Burlington affidavit supporting the city's application. Burlington Airpark Inc. argued these paragraphs contain an improper reference to "without prejudice" discussions between the city and the Airpark. The Ontario Court