With the closure of Carp Flying Academy, and the general economic slowdown, this airport has become quite quiet. Which means it is a good place to visit for practicing circuits. Very well maintained, and a fuel pump with credit card card-lock. The Unicom is generally silent - don't expect an airport advisory.
Touch N Go Aviation, a pilot supply retail outlet, is onsite - you can taxi right to the door.
EAA is onsite, as well as a number of hangers. Ottawa Flying Club, according to an article in COPA Flight, is looking to temporarily relocate here while YOW 4-22 is repaved.
I live in Orleans but my hangar is at Carp. Light rail would solve lots of problems. I think Carp and Arnprior are the only local airports to permit the building of private hangars at reasonable cost.
There's talk at Ottawa city council about building a light rail line as far as the village of Carp. If that ever happens (and it would be years away), CYRP could become a fairly important Ontario GA airport.
Yes, they have 24-hour self-serve, and their regular customers can sign up for their loyalty program for another discount! See John at West Capital in the FBO building.
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Touch n go no more, according to this thread...
🔗 Fri, 06 Dec 2013
— @H-Ottawa at Ottawa / Carp Airport, Canada Reply
http://www.ottawapilots.ca/forum/index.php?topic=409.0
Quiet Airport
🔗 Sun, 10 Jul 2011
— @jasmantle at Ottawa / Carp Airport, Canada Reply
With the closure of Carp Flying Academy, and the general economic slowdown, this airport has become quite quiet. Which means it is a good place to visit for practicing circuits. Very well maintained, and a fuel pump with credit card card-lock. The Unicom is generally silent - don't expect an airport advisory.
Touch N Go Aviation, a pilot supply retail outlet, is onsite - you can taxi right to the door.
EAA is onsite, as well as a number of hangers. Ottawa Flying Club, according to an article in COPA Flight, is looking to temporarily relocate here while YOW 4-22 is repaved.
re: Airport sold
🔗 Tue, 07 Dec 2010
— @AndreVenture at Ottawa / Carp Airport, Canada Reply
Reply to @david: The airport has not been sold yet. The city agrees to sell. The city said the proposed sale result in $1,225,000...
Airport sold
🔗 Wed, 06 Oct 2010
— @david at Ottawa / Carp Airport, Canada Reply
The airport has been sold to developers, who plan to continue to operate it and to build a residential airpark around it:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/10/06/ottawa-carp-airport.html
Self-serve fuel
🔗 Wed, 28 Oct 2009
— @chope at Ottawa / Carp Airport, Canada Reply
Self-serve fuel systems at CYRP, CYSH and now CYCC all work great and pricing is usually comparable.
Light rail
🔗 Sat, 21 Jul 2007
— @Tony at Ottawa / Carp Airport, Canada Reply
I live in Orleans but my hangar is at Carp. Light rail would solve lots of problems. I think Carp and Arnprior are the only local airports to permit the building of private hangars at reasonable cost.
Light rail
🔗 Sat, 21 Jul 2007
— @david at Ottawa / Carp Airport, Canada Reply
Thanks for the fuel info, Tony.
There's talk at Ottawa city council about building a light rail line as far as the village of Carp. If that ever happens (and it would be years away), CYRP could become a fairly important Ontario GA airport.
Self-serve fuel
🔗 Sat, 21 Jul 2007
— @Tony at Ottawa / Carp Airport, Canada Reply
Yes, they have 24-hour self-serve, and their regular customers can sign up for their loyalty program for another discount! See John at West Capital in the FBO building.
Self-serve fuel
🔗 Tue, 05 Jun 2007
— Anonymous Flyer at Ottawa / Carp Airport, Canada Reply
I have read that they've recently added a 24-hour self-serve AvGas pump, but I haven't had a chance to try it yet.