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Hubert Wilkins in Wikipedia
Airport name noted in Wikipedia entry on Wilkins
Brazzaville, Maya Maya (FCBB)
A dump. Never experienced anything like it -anywhere!
site
wat een slechte site: onmogelijk voor buitenstaanders om vluchten van en naar jullie plek te volgen.
compleet ONMOGELIJK om te volgen: neem eens een kijkje bij Schiphol NL, altijd zichtbaar voor iedereen.
Laden van de pagina is een DRAMA, zit er geen wizz kid bij jullie om dit op te lossen?
Abandoned Airport
This is a typical WWII aeroport with its delta-shaped runways, of which only one was used more or less continuously after the war. As per my low and over in June 2010, the 10/28 and 16/34 are not landable, unless you have Tundra tires! "Unregistered" runway (the only one with something that looks like a surface) is used for drag-racing, there are cars and trailers parked near it. Overall the airport does not look as active. I have asked locals, no one even considered it as a usable airport.
Closed Airport?
This airstrip looked as dead as possible when I've passed low and over it somewhere at June 2010. The runway was only distinguishable for the surroundings by a bit different color of the grass, and buildings next to it looked abandoned.
Private Airstrip
This is a private airstrip, owner has a hangar stuck to a barn - that's about as much I was able to see when overflying the field. It is a PNR, but the surface looked too bad to land - though approaches are clear. Might be a bit tricky to find - use the square ponds on the lakeshore as a prominent ground feature, then follow the road from the Beaverton to the West.
PPR Airstrip
I have not landed there - this airstrip is PPR and when I was circling over it end of November '10, a black SUV pulled into the middle of the runway and just stood there. There were no aircrafts next to the hangar, as opposed to shown on the Google Maps. Approach from the East looks intriguing - it is a tunnel cut through the trees!
The Biggest Runway Ever! :-)
Muskoka is another popular destination for the Toronto student pilots' cross-countries. This airport sports a huge runway, good for big jets and air force machinery. You need to talk to Timmins RCO (was London, but now they only provide FISE there) to operate in their control zone. RCO guys are positive and helpful, working with lots of student pilots.
You can frequently meet some expensive and cool aircraft at Muskoka - Corvalis, Cirrus, corporate jets and so on. Terminal building is very nice, facilities comfortable. I think it's a good place to visit now and then. Check out the airport website for more details: http://www.muskokaairport.com/
Interesting Airport
Peterborough is used as one of the default cross-country destinations by Island Air flight school (and a bunch of others, I believe), so I've been there three times while working on my license. Overall perception - long, rather narrowish (for the length) runway, very friendly and useful unicom operator, cute little FBO hut and always something interesting flying around. A twin working on IFR training mission around the Peterborough NDB, Moonies, Bonanzas, Cubs, Robinsons, everything else GA landing and taking off - and ultimately a bunch of jets sitting at the airport where they get painted, refurbished! I like this airport, it has this comfortable feeling that everything is ok around it.
re: Nasty Control Zone
That was my comment; just realized I wasn't logged in.
re: Nasty Control Zone
Reply to @dazuppa: I'm not sure how long you flew around the Springbank area but as someone who's flown out of CYBW for the past decade I can assure you that your experience with ATC is not the norm. In fact, the controllers at CYBW are as friendly as they come; more so if you are friendly from the start.
CYBW is one of the busiest GA airports and serves both training pilots and training controllers. Inner/outer tower is a both a necessity and a great learning experience at the same time. If you walked away thinking otherwise then it's an opportunity missed. I've flown across the country and found that the Calgary-area airspace is second in complexity only to the GTA. If you can handle CYYC/CYBW you can handle anything.
Finally, having done training and rentals (before purchasing a PA32) at most of the schools located at CYBW, I can also say that your experience at CFC is not typical. I would consider both SATC and CFC to be the same in most respects. The biggest difference between the two is that SATC is a commerical operation whereas CFC is more of a 'club' and therefore offers a richer experience (and cheaper fuel) for all pilots.
Current Updates
Jet A with prist $4.45 / 100 LL $4.95
Airport Open, Construction has ended for winter, runway lights now functioning..
Taxiway Lights still Out..
AWOS SERVICE RESTORED..
re: Airport sold
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...
re: Avgas at Cassidy International
Just out of curiosity. Was Avgas available ? Is there a need to pre-arrange it.
Glider landing options
Glad to discover Yarrow (28PA). It's always good to have landing out options in view! Thanks for keeping this airstrip operational. I'll watch for it from the air.
Blue Younder Aviation
Wayne Winters of Blue Younder Aviation owns this airport. For those unfamiliar with Canadian ultralight aviation history, Wayne is a "daddy" of the Merlin EZ and EZ Flyer aircraft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Yonder_Aviation) He's a great person and one of the pilots you learn a lot from just chatting next to the hangar door.
Runways are uneven, and you can see a gopher sitting right in the middle of them when you are taking off, but that's all right. For me, flying at Indus was a great experience and a discovery of the whole experimental/homebuilt aviation in Canada. Just stay there at Indus for a couple of hours, and you'll be surprised with a number of great people and interesting aircrafts around!
Gliders
Cu Nim is a base for the local gliders community. Those guys are serious and proficient, it's a pity that their prices are way too high for the engineless flight. I've made a simple calculation and realized that it will cost me more to fly the gliders there than airplanes out of Springbank. Sorry guys, you are nice, but business is business - even if you hold a monopoly...
Great place to fly, nevertheless, and the whole process of flying is nicely organized there. They also communicate properly, so if you are just flying by - turn on your radio and keep an ear on the frequency.
Grass Roots of Aviation
Bob Kirkby owns this nice little private field, kept in a very decent shape. Approach over the highway feels a bit hairy as you pass just over the moving cars - and you have to be low or on flaps, as the runway is really short for the elevation.
Bob is a really nice guy, do not hesitate to call him and meet in person! Maybe he'll show you some of his flying treasures. ;-)
Look out for antennas when going aroind in circuit, and keep the downwind over the field, not over the Bob's house. The airport looks easier to find on Google Maps than it is in the real life, so keep an eye on the Chestermere lake and your position related to it and the Trans-Canadian highway.
Crazy Runway
Okotoks has a challenging runway - narrow and sloped. When you arrive from the "higher" end of it (16), you will feel like dragging the plane so low you'll scratch the roofs of the cars dodging you on the road right next to the threshold! Intense.
There is also a pilots' community around the airport - they have their planes parked on one side of the house, and their cars on the other! Like a pilots' village, very cool...
Sky Wings Okotoks provides a flight training, and the guys here were nice - but renting anything in summer was next to impossible. Man, they had every weekend booked all the months to come!
Nevertheless, if you'll ever make it to Okotoks, you'll love that crazy little runway.
Best Grass Roots Airport in GTA
I hereby award Greenbank a Best Grass Roots Airport in GTA diploma. :-)
Seriously, this is a great little airport. Two grass runways, both sloped, marked with flags and very well cared of. There is a "secret" flying school there, using a 172, and a 24/7 gas pumps for the local grasshoppers community. No worries if you'll see the birds on the runway - they know this whole GA thing and will let you land or take off without any problems.
Nice and clean FBO, very scenic surroundings (especially in the Autumn), great place to fly in with friends. Such a pity that accident happened to the original airport owner, but an excellent conditions of the airport afterwards are a testament to the great job done.
If ever in doubt which grass strip to fly to East of Toronto, go Greenbank!
Good Airport
Oshawa is a Good Airport. Free from that Pearson control cloak covering almost everything around Toronto, you can take off from Oshawa and get a training area right in front of you. Fast and convenient. Rental prices are the lowest in the whole GTA, though condition of the planes is... let's say, they are very well used.
Oshawa has a useful NDB and a friendly tower, which won't punish you for inadvertently intruding their airspace (from the said training area) right away, and will be helpful and cooperating providing a flight following within their control zone when you go cross-country following the shoreline to Kingston or back.
I would suggest this airport (or actually a Durham Flight Centre) as a choice for those who want to practice the instruments flying in GTA without bogging into the airliners dodging and violent radio chat almost inevitable East of Toronto.
A Bigger Small Airport
You can't get in or out from this airport without a rental car, even though it looks like sitting in the middle of the city. Oh well, there is a bus stop next to a funerals home in front, but in winter they don't clean the snow there so you'll have to wait in a pile of snow.
Toronto Airways has one of the least interested instructors I've seen in the whole Toronto area! Like, really, if you are a potential customer (renter, student pilot, whatever), paying a hefty price, you may expect certain level of positive attitude towards you. FBO folks were nice, though.
Seneca College airplanes are also based there, and those guys are setting standards in competence and quality of flight training.
From the pilot prospective, runways are huge and comfortable. Tower is generally friendly, though if you are flying from CYKZ to CYTZ and vice versa they tend to be... a bit picky sometimes. Not really bad, just picky. Won't release you from the frequency until the last second, etc.
They have this funny little Markham airport plugged into their airspace - I'd suggest going through the CYKZ control zone instead! Markham people can pop up in front of you in a glider without warning (yeah, they have their own separate frequency for gliders, I know, but better - just fly with Buttonville radar keeping an eye on you and throwing advisories if needed).
Love and Hate Airport
Brampton is super-cute, with its nicely painted buildings, nice little restaurant and a smallish pilot shop. You can actually see some bunnies eating flowers in front of the Caledon office early in the morning.
Brampton is a mess, with its packet parking, piles of airplanes moving in all directions, super-lame unicom and traffic chat, people doing circuits of all sizes and cutting in front of each other.
Brampton flying center is all about making money. Big money with lots of international students. Membership fee, enrollment fee, fee for this and fee for that... Noticeable overload over the already not-so-cheap prices. Not good for renters.
FBO work appears like being organized back in time, and hugely deteriorated afterwards. Things like forms, flight documents, internet access and such look like they were thought out, but then dropped into "no one cares, just take it as it is" mode.
Brampton is one of the two locations in all GTA where you can actually rent a SuperCub! Checkout will cost you just about two thousand dollars to go solo (keeping in mind all the fees and taxes).
Ultralight and Skydivers base
Baldwin is a home for Toronto Aerosports ultralight flying group (http://www.torontoaerosport.com/) Airport community mostly operates Challengers (like a dozen of those), but there are also Savannah, two Merlins, and a bunch of other interesting machines on tie-downs - even a Piper twin. Ultralight people are sharing the airport with skydivers, please check the NOTAMs! Skydivers are currently using a Shorts Skywan - if it's not on the ground, it might be dropping people right over the field...
No flying over the Eastern side of the airport - there is a trailer park which habitants are not at all happy with any aircraft passing above them. So runway 01 is a RH circuit, and if you need to join a left downwind for 19 - you may have to do that from south, looking for the traffic. Always stay on the frequency and look out for NORDO aircrafts in the area.
In any case, if unfamiliar with the area, I strongly suggest calling Toronto Aerosport people on the phone and ask for advisory before attempting to land or closely overfly Baldwin. They are good people and will help.
connectivity between gaya and delhi
our respected aviation minister shri praful patel and chief minister nitish sir;
please pay our humble request to start a flight between gaya and delhi which is demand of time. as we all know gaya is place of international interest from tourism point of view and mobility of people between gaya and delhi is tremendous. therefore please start a flight between gaya and delhi.
Air link for Bokaro soon
The Steel City is all set to figure in the commercial flight map soon, with Air Deccan initiating the process to launch its flights between Bokaro and Kolkata. Bokaro Steel Limited has expressed its readiness to allow the use of its airport for the purpose.
Recently, a team of Air Deccan officials visited the city and surveyed the market potential. They also assessed the airport and its air strip, situated on National Highway-23 (Bokaro-Chas road).
Rukumkot
Rukumkot Airport is Chaurjahari Airport
re: Republic Aviation
I also joined the Air Force. Learned to fly. Got to sit in the cockpit of a F-105 as a kid.
Republic Aviation
I grew up there. When I was a little girl, 6 or so, I asked my mother what Daddy did at work. She said: ask him when he gets home. After dinner, I did. He asked me if I wanted to go to work with him on Saturday. He had to go in on Saturday for 3 hours in the morning. So, I went with him. Even though he was in meetings "up the street" as they called it, (Conklin Street), I stayed in his office, in the main hanger above the assembly line and watched them build the F-105. I used to sit on the 3 foot wide cat walk, 4 stories in the air with my feet dangling over the side. We did this for years. Then we would pick up his dry cleaning in Farmingdale and do the food shopping at the A& P on Broadway in Hicksville and go home. 1957, we started this. The truth is that had my father and many of the middle management people not fought to keep the plant open, Fairchild would have closed it as fast as Northrup closed Grumman. But Republic stayed open till 1988. 20 plus more years.
re: Airort Information
AQB (ICAO: MGQC) Quiche
Quiche, Quiché Guatemala
Latitude: 15° 0' 42.90" North Longitude: 91° 9' 2.20" West
Elevation: 6631' (2021m) Max. Runway Length: 4090' (1247m)
Comments: Runway info: Runway 17/35 (4090' x 62'), Surface: ASPHALT
From landings
roads
this airport is very primitive
skydive
i am looking for a pilot that can take 8 people to skydive. please contact me @ sandyhartawan@yahoo.com or 081574633333 asap. thx
re: Airport closed
Thanks for the update. Wikipedia agrees, so marked as closed pending any new information.
Airport closed
The town of Grimshaw decided to close this airport in 2009. The Runway is marked as closed and has several post driven into the center line at mid field.
Spelling
OK oK its Kazakhstan♥, so you have a better education than me hehe ☺
Airfield
I came across this airfield on Google, seems to be in the middle of nowhere. It also looks that I am the only person to write a comment, spooky. Have a great life who ever reads this, be happy and travel lots. Michael Corke (South Africa)
re: Puppy scam
Man, you're hilarious. Go back to your Chuck Norris fantasy, dude, you're really lousy at this one. And I'm not going to point out the 15 reasons why your story is obviously full of shit, because I don't want to hear your next load of BS to try and explain this load of BS away.
By the way, I'm supposed to be impressed you have an iPhone? I write apps for the iPhone, moron.
re: Puppy scam
Reply to @ptomblin: man do u have anything better to do? Here is the funny thing, I spoke with the dumbass's over in Cameroon, and they know what I do, who I am, and what I'm capable of...I just received my money back paid in full as of 11:00 clock this morning, that's 5:00 clock there time incase ur a idiot! I agreed to post new posting up for there dogs, they sent me a email address in which they wanted to have the postings go to, and I changed the password until they sent the money! But I got the money, forwarded the password and email to the FBI, then when they logged on the FBI got there location! So I got my situation taken care of how about u?
And I am writing this all on a IPhone, incase u don't know what that is, it's a high tech phone that does email, Texting, Internet, games, and phone....look it up! So Call me a scam, call me a asshole (been called alot worse), but I got the problem resolved....
re: Puppy scam
Reply to @ptomblin: See they funny thing is, I'm not going alone, and I'm not just a normal cop exmilitary did 6 yes n Iraq, and killed more people then u can count on your hands and toes! So when I say I will tale care of someone, I'll take care of them....just shut the fuck up if u don't have any information!
re: Immigration Officers, Clark, Philippines
Have you reported your concern to the Bureau of Immigration's main office in Intramuros, Manila? If not, try to report the incident to the Office of the Commissioner. Those Immigration Officers (IO's) should be stopped from doing the same thing to other travellers originating from Clark Airport. It gives a very negative image of our country and our people. You can access the site of Bureau of Immigration - Philippines to air your concern. Try A/Comm. Roy Almoro.
re: Puppy scam
Be sure and update your will. Your widow will appreciate it, providing she doesn't first give all your money to the kidnappers as ransom before they kill you.
re: Puppy scam
Reply to @ptomblin: Listen here, if u get money from a western union they have your picture! If u can't help me, then shut the fuck up! I don't need ur bullshit, and I didn't get scammed, my wife did it was a surprise for Xmas! Now I will get them, I will take care of them! I don't leave shit undone! So just get off ur high fucking horse and drop your bullshit! Unless u have Vidal information, I don't wanna here from u!
Puppy scam
I'm not a scam! I'm a cop in Indiana that got fucked by the same people you did! Don't put me n
The same category as them! I dot want a fucking dime from anyone! All I want is the info they got from the criminals cause ima fuck those peoples lives up! Thats it! So u can help
Me or not, but either way ima make a trip to Africa and get these guys!
Webpage Airport
Check out Lienz-Nikolsdorf Airports webpage:
lokl.at
also available in English.
Is this airport functional
is this airport functional & if so
where can we find the flight running details
Airort Information
Does anyone know the runway length, alignment, obstructions, aircraft securing information?
Runway surface? Asphalt, concrete, dirt? Length, width, obstructions? Entity which owns/operates?
Hangar, tie-down, anyone responsible for airport? Airport access from surface?
Flights
Please start regular flights from Gondia airport
re: Does Kaslo Airport have a call sign, like Victoria's YY
Reply to @ptomblin: Sorry, CBR2 isn't an ICAO code, it's just a Canadian code.
re: Does Kaslo Airport have a call sign, like Victoria's YY
CBR2 is its ICAO code. It doesn't have an IATA code.
re-opening of Maasin Airport...
🔗 Sat, 11 Dec 2010
— Anonymous Flyer at Maasin Airport, Philippines
it should be a big boost for the city if the airport opens for commercial flight.there has been some news that the airport has been renovated.