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Hansen Airfield
I was into Hansen Airfield on Cortes Island on August 03, 2009. What a great place to fly into. The runway is in fine shape and there's plenty of room for parking. Jim Hansen supplies tie downs and you won't find a friendly airport anywhere. If you're looking for a new place to fly try Hansen Airfield. It's in the Canada Flight Supplement and is an easy flight from the lower mainland of BC.
re: KCXY
Reply to @TwinCoFlyer: That's great news! There were too many horror stories from UFS-Aero.
airport
Nice air conditioned lounge area. Clean washrooms, cold pop. Friendly glider pilots.
KCXY
Everybody should know that the FBO at CXY has been replaced. CXY Aviation is the new FBO. UFS-Aero is gone and thankfully so. NOW THERE ARE NO RAMP FEES, NONE. THERE IS STILL A LANDING FEE WHICH IS WAIVED FOR FUEL PURCHASES OR ANY OTHER SERVICES DONE BY ANY OF THE BUSINESSES ON THE FIELD. There are new hangers built and available. There are other maintanence shops. "Aircraft Maintanence Services" and "Wings and Things" to mention two. The new FBO is developing a new flight school and other facilities. Fuel is once again competitively priced. The Tower personal are great and very helpful. Give KCXY a try and I believe that you will not be dissatisfied.
Thanks for your consideration.
Tie Downs
There is a cable stapled to the apron running length-wise roughly centred which is presumably for tying air planes down. There are also some concrete blocks with eyelets that can be dragged to tie down the tail.
Fly-to BBQ
About 15 minute walk from the airport, across fields, this park has picknick tables and fixed BBQs. There is a beach, change rooms and washroom facilities, but when I was there the washrooms were closed, and the beach was the sole preserve of Canada Geese and seagulls. We were still able to have a nice afternoon BBQ though.
Bomb scare
Early in the morning of 1 August 2009, LaGuardia was evacuated because of a passenger carrying a fake bomb, resulting in huge delays:
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/08/01/laguardia-evacuted.html
BGTL
RUNWAY 8---109.50---142º
Runway 32
The CFS says runway 32 is treated gravel which makes it sound like runway 26 would be a better choice despite a crosswind. However, as of July 2009 when I stopped for fuel, I found runway 32 to be in great condition with no loose gravel whatsoever. And if you are able to do a good short field landing, the first 400 feet of runway 32 is asphalt.
BGSF
RUNWAY10---VFR---100º
KSKA
RUNWAY23---110.30---228º
Find Gillespie Field Businesses
For a list of Businesses and Services at Gillespie Field visit GillespieField.com
Awesome Airport
did my first takeoff there! Left Traffic patern
Fuel
No fuel, just good food and tie downs.
Light rail into Boston
This station is about 4 miles from the west side of the field, and just over 2 miles' drive from the east side, on the Newburyport/Rockport light rail commuter line into Boston. The fare to Boston's North Station as of July 2009 was $6.25 ($3.10 senior/disabled), and you can take the subway from there to other parts of Boston.
Easy stop over
Nice air strip - looks like they may have either just built this, or they expanded it recently. FBO is a trailer, but very welcoming. Line crew (Kyle) was right there on the line with my rental car and tied the plane down. Very friendly and helpful. Hertz rental car had the car there on time, but it was dirty inside and out and was actually pretty tired for a rental - 38,000 on a rental is a lot - sounded like they were losing a wheel bearing in front - very loud - so not any kudos for them. Very convenient for me since I have business in both DC and Richmond - right in the middle and outside the SFRA - which is why I think there were some serious jets parked as well.
Local info
It doesn't seem to be widely known but, you can get lunch here at the Prudhoe Bay Hotel, a half-mile walk from the gravel transient parking area!
Confirmation
Yes, but Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport is now TJRV, not TJNR.
TNCB
RUNWAY---10---VFR---100º
re: Permission to Land and park
The Canada Flight Supplement gives the town contact number (705) 842-2117 for the airport.
Permission to Land and park
Is there a phone number for permission to land & park,
We cannot find any phone numbers for town offices?
Former student at Lincoln Park Airport
This is the first time I have seen this website, and I am pleased to see the response from others about the airport.
Back in 1962 on my sixteenth birthday my grandfather paid for my first lesson.
The plane was a Piper PA-11, tail number 4549M. The instructor was H.T. Buckley.
The lesson was only thirty minutes but the memory lasted a lifetime. That day I was introduced to Ed Gorski and his wife, and other pilots were in the office on that day. After that first flight, I spent every dollar I earned going back for more, for I could not get enough of this new experience which completely changed my life. I remember after I had soloed once or twice Ed would ride in the back seat for the first couple of landings, to make sure I was able to handle the cross wind conditions, he always seemed to have a cigar in his mouth and yelling orders from the back seat about what I was doing wrong. When I fly today I can still hear his voice and it brings back back fond memories.
There is a lot more that I would l like to share about my experiences at the Lincoln Park airport but the website does not allow the space it would require. I thank you for the opportunity to share my experiences.
Robert J. Ruck sales@class1tool.com
OAS
fuel situation will soon change look for them in the CFS
0NJ5 Fla Net
Devil of a time in Flight Sim 2004 landing a Grumman Duck on this hard-to-find little strip, and I REFUSE to
use GPS on this trip !! If I can't eyeball it, I'm not setting down on it.
ramp fee
$25 bucks for me to drop off a friend from my C172 seems somewhat excessive. Understand they need to make money and have no issue with that, but attach a value to the service. I was at the ramp for a moment and they had their hand out. Will go out of my way to avoid Exec air again.
Airplane Hangars
My name is Robb Ferguson.
I am with Twin Peaks Construction Ltd. in Calgary.
We Manufacture Pre-Engineering Steel Buildings.
We can manufacure airplane hangars at a reasonable price.
If this is of interest to you please contact us at:
TWIN PEAKS CONSTRUCTION LTD.
325-36th Ave. N.E.
Calgary, Alberta T2E-2L6
Phone :(403)457-3364 Fax : (403)457-5722
robbfergus@hotmail.com
Thank you
re: Fiddymint field gone!
Reply to @ptomblin: Yes, it's still in the database, but if you look closely at the satellite pic, you can see a network of residential roads starting on the right, then fading out where an older picture of the airport is stitched in. Switch from satellite to map view, and the roads continue right onto the airport property. I think we have to conclude that the FAA record just hasn't been updated yet (nobody bothered to tell them). I'm going to switch the airport to 'closed', at least for now.
re: Fiddymint field gone!
It's still in the 02July09 FAA database.
Fiddymint field gone!
Condo's built over it!
Jim V/Freedom Field
Control tower coming in December 2009
Fredericton is currently a mandatory-frequency (MF) airport with a flight services station. It's the busiest non-towered airport in Canada, and Nav Canada has announced that the airport will be getting a control tower (presumably class D) in December 2009 with 12 full-time controllers:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/07/09/air-traffic.html
It's closing
http://www.aviation.ca/content/view/7583/117/
"Blatchford Field Airport in downtown Edmonton City Centre will be closing the run-ways. At a vote today in council chambers, aviation just didn’t measure up.
The Airport was a primary learning base during WWll.
Edmonton City Centre Airport is a major Airport for air charter, emergency medical transport, and supply gateway to the north and it is too soon to tell what other implications the closing may have."
Better
this is really close to my home i like it cause then i dont have to drive far
Spent a night here 2009-07-07
I flew a relative here from Ottawa, then had to stay for the night because of thunderstorms along my route. Karine at Aeropro was very friendly, and between my French and her English, we managed to communicate. They found a tie-down spot for me, and there was no charge for the night's parking, since I'd already bought gas.
Fuel prices 2009-07-06
(By phone 2009-07-06)
100LL AvGas: CA $1.42/litre + tax = CA $1.60/litre (CA $6.04/US gallon)
No landing, ramp, or similar fees.
Avis doesn't need a deposit
For car rentals at the Waterloo airport this weekend, Hertz was sold out and National was demanding a credit-card guarantee with a $50 penalty for cancelling with less than 24 hours notice. Avis, however, let me book with no deposit and no problem.
The Hansen's and thier airstrip
Super nice people and a wide and long airstrip. Jim and Diane go above and beyond being hospitable and thier home (lodge) is unique (very cool) which is located right at the end of the runway or beginning.
It's 2600 feet long and Jim continues to lengthen and widen it.
Barry & Kim
Fuel
The Fort Severn Airport does not sell 100LL AvGas. The airport manager believed that the local First Nation might sell it by the barrel (1 barrel=37 US gallons), and suggested calling the band council secretary at (807) 478-2572.
100LL is available from the pump at the Churchill Airport, 262 nm to the northwest, and at the Moosonee airport, 378 nm to the southeast.
Airport info
Roughly 2800 ft grass and gravel airstrip. Nass Camp cafe within walking distance.
Taxis by ferry dock
There are often taxis waiting for fares by the mainland ferry dock, especially if a Porter flight is due in.
Field info
2800ft grass strip with some small bump. wind sock midfield
Pilot info
grass air field 1900ft, north south facing, wind sock at south end, power lines mid field clearance 70ft.
Runway info
gravel strip 2000ft slight up hill runway 78 & 256
Contact info
Lester or Patt Witwer phone # 250-842-6193
Latest FAA data
The latest FAA dataset has this airport's id as "54X", but that could be a mistake on their part. They've made worse mistakes in the past.
Fond-ish memories
I remember many evenings spent in LAX terminal 2 in the late 1990s, waiting to catch the red-eye back to Toronto to connect on to Ottawa and get back to my young family. I hear a lot of horror stories about LAX and Air Canada now, but back then, before the merger with Canadian, Air Canada never left me stranded or let me down. I'd fight my way back to LAX from Long Beach through the rush-hour traffic, drop off my rental car, then find a plug, huddle in a safe warm corner, and work on my computer for a few hours, generally grabbing a bite from the Wolfgang Puck franchise restaurant thingy and happy knowing that I was on the first stage of my trip home.
I've been through terminal 2 a few times since, but not for the red-eye. Air Canada still generally leaves on time, but I'm not rushing back to young kids and a tired spouse any more, so it's more leisurely, and the terminal is just another dingy terminal.
burrage creek air strip
very nice hard pack gravel about 4500ft and about 400ft wide
Houston B.C. Airport
Not much there, watch out for funny winds off of the river.
Springhouse Airpark
Great place! Super friendly people, Judy and Larry are top drawer people.
Whitewater Lake Sudbury Aviation
I grew up maybe a mile from Sudbury Aviation. As a kid in the early sixties I hung around there a lot. My cousin Ray (Romain) Labine was an instructor at Sudbury Aviation. Unfortunately when Charlie went in he brought 3 other guys with him. He took off in snow showers lost VFR and flew into the ice at Scotia Lake. My first ride ever in a plane was with my uncle Ray Labine in one of those Fleet Canucks that was probably around 1960. I obtained my licence in 1974 at Muskoka airport, I went on to get my multi-IFR and commercial and flew for Shell as the aviation sales manager out of Montreal.
When you were flying out of Whitewater the business was owned by John and Pearl McMahon. Both are now passed away. John of Alzheimer's and Pearl of a stroke. My parents new them well.
I dropped by Sudbury Aviation last week to say hello. I now live in BC and fly a Cessna 182. Sudbury Aviation now uses two DHC-2's (Beaver) and one Cessna-185 for charters and a Cessna 172 for instruction. The business has been owned by Margaret Watson-Hyland for probably the last 25 years.
Gods Country
🔗 Tue, 04 Aug 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Armstrong/Waweig Lake Seaplane Base, Canada
I love this place>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I own a cabin out on Waweig, greatest place on earth.