Waterloo in Waterloo Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Kitchener-Waterloo Municipal Airport

1929-1949

Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 4, 2025

1. Kitchener-Waterloo Municipal Airport Marker

Inscription. This was the first site of the K-W Municipal Airport, also known as Lexington Airport after the nearby settlement. The 83-acre airfield, part of the John Stroh farm on Lot 61, German Company Tract, consisted of sandy loam with a quick drying gravel base. It was comparatively free of fog being a high part of Western Ontario and included an 1800 ft. SW NE and a 2000 ft. NW SE grass runway. Norman Schneider was instrumental in the establishment of the airport. Fred Gillies, first general manager, erected the hangar and taught flying. Garfield Schmidt, later general manager, also ran a flying school and left a legacy of early K-W aerial photographs. The airport was relocated to Breslau in 1950.

Erected 2000 by Waterloo Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.

Location. 43° 29.72′ N, 80° 30.523′ W. Marker is in Waterloo, Ontario, in Waterloo Region. It is on Lexington Road half a kilometer west of Bridge Street West, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this

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postal address: 279 Lexington Road, Waterloo ON N2K 1W9, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Huron-Perth-Waterloo-Wellington Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wilfrid Laurier University / Université Wilfrid Laurier (approx. 3 kilometers away); The First Lutheran Seminary in Canada (approx. 3 kilometers away); Free Church and Cemetery (approx. 3.2 kilometers away); The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Waterloo as a Village (approx. 3.4 kilometers away); Dominion Life Assurance Company (approx. 3.5 kilometers away); Abraham Erb (approx. 3.6 kilometers away); Log Schoolhouse (approx. 3.6 kilometers away); The University of Waterloo (approx. 3.8 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map

Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 4, 2025

2. Kitchener-Waterloo Municipal Airport Marker

of all markers in Waterloo.

Also see . . . Region of Waterloo International Airport History. Website entry:

Collaboration built this airport ... twice.

- Norman Schneider of Schneider Meats led the charge both times

- P.K. Weber's horses cleared the land at Lexington Field

- Robert Dietrich of Weston Bakery helped select the current Breslau site

— Louis Breithaupt local Member of Parliament secured funding

- Ira Needles of B. F. Goodrich welcomed the first customs flight

(Submitted on April 8, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Kitchener-Waterloo Municipal Airport, ca 1930 image. Click for full size.

circa 1930

3. Kitchener-Waterloo Municipal Airport, ca 1930

Source: Regional Waterloo International Airport (public domain)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 141 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 8, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.