Business View Magazine - July 2023

260 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 7 “That can accommodate most large airplanes,” he said. “There are no plans to expand the runway, and there’s no need to expand for the next 20 years. This can handle the traffic that is predicted to come into the area in the next 20 years with no problems.” O’Connor said the master plan is greatly focused on hangar development, commercial and recreational development and expansion related to scheduled service. Post-COVID “When COVID hit, it did have a big impact on scheduled service,” O’Connor said. across the U.S. and Canada. So you can do business from an airport like Muskoka, truly anywhere in the world. In the aviation industry, there is a real role for airports like Muskoka to provide services to the industry across the continent. That is what we are seeing, in terms of the growth.” And talking of that master plan, what about space? “We have a couple of new hangars going up that have been approved,” O’Connor revealed. “That’s mostly to support the recreational fliers.” He added that the runway is 6,000 feet long and 150 feet wide.