Buttonville Municipal Airport is privately owned, and that is until the licence expires in 2010. The Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) has plans to cease the airport operation in 2011 and redirect Markham residents will use the nearby Pickering Airport in Pickering. In 2010 Toronto Airways announced the gradual closure of the airport (by 2017) and redevelopment of the airport site. As Pickering Airport remains unbuilt, tenants and users will need to find an alternate site. Owners of the current airport hope to relocate somewhere within York Region.