Canadian M.A.P. Aviation Academy
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For pilots from Markham & Scarborough

An hour away, and a different kind of airport

Peterborough Airport (CYPQ) — quiet airspace, published rates

Markham and Scarborough sit under some of the busiest training airspace in the country. An hour up the 407 and 115 there is a long runway, an uncontrolled circuit and an empty practice area over the lakes.

Why students make the trip

  • One instructor, one student — you fly with the same person each lesson
  • Circuits without sequencing behind airline traffic
  • Rates and package prices published openly on the rates page
  • Ground school at the hangar, not a separate booking across the city
  • Practice area over the Kawartha lakes, minutes from the runway
  • Gift certificates for a first flight, issued the same day

What we teach at CYPQ

Single-engine training on Cessna 152 and Cessna 172, one instructor to one student. Package prices and hourly aircraft rates are published in full on our aircraft and rates page — nothing is quoted only on request.

Getting to Peterborough Airport

FromDistanceTypical drive
Markhamabout 110 kmabout 1 h 15
Scarboroughabout 115 kmabout 1 h 15
Richmond Hillabout 125 kmabout 1 h 25
Whitchurch-Stouffvilleabout 100 kmabout 1 h 5

Distances and times are approximate and by the usual route — check your own before a first lesson. Many students book two lessons on one trip out, which turns the drive into a fortnightly journey rather than a weekly one.

Canadian M.A.P. Aviation Academy · 651 Horizon Place, Peterborough Airport, Cavan Monaghan, ON K9J 0E7 · 705-201-0627 (also 416-905-0627)

Also serving

Students also come to us from Toronto and Durham Region — Oshawa, Whitby and Ajax.

Start with a flight, not a form

A sightseeing flight puts your hands on the controls with an instructor beside you, and it counts toward your licence if you carry on.