CEZ3 · Strathcona County, Alberta
Private Jet Detailing at Cooking Lake Airport (CEZ3)
Cooking Lake sits east of Edmonton in Strathcona County and is the region's private-hangar field. It is a smaller, quieter aerodrome than either the international airport or Villeneuve, built around owner hangars and tenant facilities rather than commercial terminals — which makes it one of the easiest fields in the Edmonton area to schedule extended detailing work at.
The based population is predominantly owner-operated: turbine singles, twins and light business jets kept in private hangars and flown seasonally or for business travel across Alberta. Where a jet is based here it is normally a Citation, Learjet or Phenom-class aircraft in an owner's own bay. Aircraft in that pattern arrive with hangar dust, oxidised brightwork, sun-tired interior leather and belly grime from unpaved and rural strips rather than the operational soot of a daily charter line.
WingWash brings the whole operation to your hangar at CEZ3. Dry wash chemistry means no water, pressure washing or facility hookups are needed, so a bay with a door and lighting is enough. For correction and ceramic coating we need the aircraft stationary in a controlled bay for a confirmed block of time, which owner-controlled hangars at this field make straightforward.
Field specifics
Cooking Lake (CEZ3) at a glance
- Identifier
- CEZ3 — Cooking Lake Airport
- Location
- Strathcona County, east of Edmonton, Alberta
- Field type
- Registered aerodrome, general aviation
- Airside access
- Arranged through the hangar owner or facility operator
- Service model
- Mobile. Crew, equipment and consumables travel to the aircraft
- Work environment
- Owner and tenant hangar bays
- Aircraft scope
- Private turbine and business jet aircraft
- Water / power
- Not required for dry wash; hangar power used where offered
- Scheduling
- Flexible daytime blocks; multi-day work booked in advance
- Pricing
- By assessment. No published rates
Aircraft served
Private jets only
WingWash works on business jets and turbine aircraft. We do not detail cars, boats or recreational vehicles — the chemistry, the surfaces and the consequences of getting it wrong are not the same trade.
Service tiers
What can be performed at Cooking Lake
Man-hours below are typical ranges for a light-to-mid-size business jet and scale with size and condition. There are no published prices: every aircraft is quoted from a documented assessment of its actual surfaces.
Trip Clean
2–4 man-hoursBetween-leg presentation reset. Leading edges, belly soot, exhaust streaking and windows addressed dry, cabin tidied and refuse removed, so the aircraft looks flown-in-clean for the next passenger load.
Dry Wash
6–12 man-hoursFull airframe waterless wash using aviation-approved encapsulating chemistry. No pressure washers, no water intrusion into panel gaps, static ports, drains or control-surface hinges. The standard exterior service inside a hangar.
Full Detail
16–32 man-hoursExterior dry wash plus sealed protection, gear wells and gear legs degreased, brightwork attended to, and a complete interior detail. The reset most operators book before a season, a sale showing or an ownership change.
Decontamination
8–20 man-hoursRemoval of bonded contamination the wash stage cannot lift — industrial fallout, rail dust, tree sap, hangar-rash residue and exhaust deposits — using mechanical decontamination and aviation-safe chemistry before any correction or coating step.
Paint Correction
40–120+ man-hoursMachine correction of oxidation, swirl marks, wash marring and light defects on painted and polished surfaces. Performed in stages with the aircraft in a controlled hangar environment, documented panel by panel before and after.
Ceramic Coating — 1 year
24–48 man-hoursEntry-level durable coating over a decontaminated airframe. Improves release of soot and de-ice residue and shortens turnaround on every subsequent dry wash.
Ceramic Coating — 2 year
40–80 man-hoursMulti-layer coating over a corrected airframe, with additional preparation on high-abrasion areas such as leading edges, belly and gear doors.
Ceramic Coating — 5 year
80–160+ man-hoursFull correction followed by the longest-duration coating system. Specified for owners who intend to hold the aircraft and want a documented, repeatable maintenance interval rather than reactive polishing.
Brightwork Polish
8–40 man-hoursPolished aluminium — leading edges, engine nacelles, thrust reversers and unpainted panels — brought back through progressive compounds and sealed. Scope depends entirely on how long the surfaces have been left unattended.
Interior Detail
10–30 man-hoursCabin, cockpit, galley and lavatory. Leather cleaned and conditioned with pH-appropriate products, veneer and placards treated with non-solvent chemistry, carpets extracted, crevices and seat tracks cleared, and cockpit surfaces cleaned without contacting instrument faces or displays.
Pricing is by assessment only. Scope, man-hours and access requirements are confirmed in writing before any work begins — see our Standards page for the full procedure.
Working at this field
Practical considerations
Access runs through the hangar owner. Give us the bay and the contact, and we coordinate the rest directly with the facility.
Seasonal flying changes the findings. Aircraft that sit through winter present differently from aircraft flown weekly, and the assessment reflects what is actually on the surfaces.
Unheated bays constrain coatings. Ceramic and correction work needs stable temperature and a clean environment; where a bay cannot provide that we schedule for the warmer season or a heated facility.
Rural operations leave their mark. Belly grime, gear-leg contamination and leading-edge insect residue are common here and are handled with aviation-safe chemistry, never with pressure washing.
Longer service blocks are easier here. Owner-controlled hangars make multi-day correction and coating scheduling far less disruptive than at a commercial field.
Every visit is documented. Written condition report before work starts, verification before the aircraft is handed back.
Travel note
Cooking Lake is a local Edmonton-area field, alongside CYEG and CZVL Villeneuve — no travel charge applies. Calgary is served, with travel quoted at assessment.
Why the method matters
Aviation-specific chemistry and documented SOPs
Aircraft surfaces are not automotive surfaces. Products are selected for aviation-appropriate chemistry, applied without pressure washing and kept away from static ports, pitot heads, drains, hinge lines and composite bond lines. Every service at Cooking Lake follows the same written sequence — inspection, documented condition report, service, and final verification before the aircraft is released back to the operator.
Aviation Detailing Association certified
WingWash Detailing LTD holds Aviation Detailing Association certification — a trade association credential covering aviation-specific training and methodology. It is not a Transport Canada approval, and we state that plainly. The certification is independently verifiable in the ADA directory.
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Request an Assessment for Your Aircraft at Cooking Lake
Tell us the aircraft type, its hangar or FBO at CEZ3, and the services you're considering. We return a documented condition report, scope of work and quotation.
Review the full procedure first on our Standards page, or call +1 (780) 807-2432