# Buttonville Municipal Airport

Markham, Canada · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-08803f50c8` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/canada/markham-buttonville-municipal-airport/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-08803f50c8.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-08803f50c8.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-08803f50c8

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | proposed | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | housing, retail | none |
| What is there now | redeveloped for residential and commercial uses | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1953 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2023 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Timeline

- 1953: Airport began operation
- 1953: Opened
- 2023: Airport closed
- 2023: Closed

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Buttonville is a suburban neighbourhood and former hamlet in the city of Markham, Ontario, Canada, bordering the larger Unionville district. The hamlet was named after its founder, John Button.
About 30,000 residents live in the area, which is located along the Woodbine Avenue corridor from approximately Highway 7 in the south to Sixteenth Avenue in the north, with the historic hamlet itself located roughly midway between the two arterials. The Rouge River flows through the northeast and Highway 404 passes by in the west (forming the boundary between Buttonville and the City of Markham), with two interchanges.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttonville,_Markham

## Sources

- Buttonville, Markham — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttonville,_Markham

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Buttonville Municipal Airport, Markham, Canada." Record n-08803f50c8, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/canada/markham-buttonville-municipal-airport/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_markhambuttonvillemunicipalairport,
  title = {Buttonville Municipal Airport, Markham, Canada},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/canada/markham-buttonville-municipal-airport/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-08803f50c8, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.