I am just learning to fly and checking out this website to learn all the airports and airfields in the south of Alberta.
Last time I was in to Drumheller was to meet aviation friends, but we drove in. Loved the airport and the staff hanging around , had a lovely lunch...rats can't remember the place in town, then went through The Royal Tyrell Museum....very interesting indeed!! Keep the Shiny Side Up!!! Caroline
What a great old airport!!! She was built in the 1940's as a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan airport for the boys to learn how to fly those big bombers!! It is sad to see most of those old gals in Alberta have disappeared........they must have been something to see all across Canada!!! Too bad that most of them have not been maintained!! CEN4 - High River has been plowed under, but Google earth still shows her triangle!!! Want to do some history search?? Go slowly over each Province and look for that tell tale triangle!!! Safe flying out there!!!! Caroline
City council has forced the airport to institute a $35 landing fee (+HST, presumably). There are no exceptions, not even for resident pilots or pilots purchasing fuel. The fee is more than double that of CYTZ, which is downtown in Canada's biggest city.
I suggest taking your travel business to nearby Wiarton CYVV, instead -- it still welcomes GA.
Open To Passenger Flights, No Landing Fee, But Nobody Ever Comes Here, well, Its In The Arctic On A Remote Island So Why Would Passenger Planes Stop Here? No Refuel, Only 1-5 Staff, Runway Not Paved, No Buildings.
My dad still has his Belleville Flying Club jacket from the 90's but it is falling apart. Anyone have one in their collection they would be willing to part with?
The runway is now paved! (40' wide), and they are adding a second heated hangar which should be completed in Nov 2020.
When making your radio calls, be sure to use "Steinbach South" Traffic. As "Steinbach" (the other airfield three miles north of this one) shares the same frequency.
During the Second World War, this airport hosted the No. 7 Air Observer School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, and the No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School was right across the road: http://bcatp.org/139-no-7-air-observer-school/
From 1941 to 1944, St-Hubert hosted the No. 13 Service Flying Training School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), on the military side of the airfield that formerly served as RCAF Station St-Hubert (later CFB St-Hubert until the 1990s, when it was decommissioned).
As RCAF Station Mont-Joli, this airport hosted No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan from 15 December 1941 until 14 April 1945
There are two gravel-paved visitor parking spots beside the fuel pumps, directly across from the clubhouse. The clubhouse has combo access (a code visiting pilots will have no trouble figuring out), a washroom, and vending machines. There's also wifi, but I couldn't find the password posted anywhere on the wall.
Expect to hear only French on the radio in the circuit.
The Canada Flight Supplement up to 10 September 2020 still lists this airport as open, with a note warning that "Rwy 10/28 and 16/34 sfcs deteriorating." From various comments, it doesn't sound practical to use, but someone is still keeping it on the books.
I flex into Alexandria just after 9:00 am today. It was my first visit in over 15 years. I checked NOTAMs beforehand for paradrops, and monitored the frequency from about 20 min to to confirm there wasn't any activity.
The grass runway is mowed nice and short, but the ground underneath is slightly uneven—not dangerously so, but you'll do a bit of dune-buggy-style bouncing over the undulations on landing, even at minimum speed, so keep the yoke back in your lap after landing in a nosedragger.
It was firm and dry, though, and even without a headwind to help, my 160 hp PA-28 needed only a bit over half of the 2,200 ft for landing and for takeoff (after backtracking).
Celtic Air took over operating CYPD three years ago. Commercial aircraft ramp fees vary from 200.00 to 400.00, commercial landing fees top out based on MTOW at about 85.00 for a Challenger 350. Private aircraft can expect up to a 25.00 landing fee. Given that the airport exists solely on these fees, we hope everyone can manage with them. Call us at 902-625-2206 if you have any questions.
Update 5/8/2020 airfield appears to be in despair. There is no windsock at the airfield just a bare pole the airport has fences surrounded it with no-trespassing signs on them. All the structures located at the airfield or in close-proximity to it are in complete and utter despair
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VE6XI
🔗 Sun, 12 Sep 2021
— @Caroline at Drumheller Municipal Airport, Canada
Well hello fellow Ham Radio operator!!
I am just learning to fly and checking out this website to learn all the airports and airfields in the south of Alberta.
Last time I was in to Drumheller was to meet aviation friends, but we drove in. Loved the airport and the staff hanging around , had a lovely lunch...rats can't remember the place in town, then went through The Royal Tyrell Museum....very interesting indeed!! Keep the Shiny Side Up!!! Caroline
BCATP
🔗 Sun, 12 Sep 2021
— @Caroline at Claresholm Industrial Airport, Canada
What a great old airport!!! She was built in the 1940's as a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan airport for the boys to learn how to fly those big bombers!! It is sad to see most of those old gals in Alberta have disappeared........they must have been something to see all across Canada!!! Too bad that most of them have not been maintained!! CEN4 - High River has been plowed under, but Google earth still shows her triangle!!! Want to do some history search?? Go slowly over each Province and look for that tell tale triangle!!! Safe flying out there!!!! Caroline
AGREE with others - BETTER places to go.....
🔗 Tue, 31 Aug 2021
— @Aqsa at Grimsby Airpark, Canada
Small facility, poor airstrip, local area boring, no ground transportation. NOTL (CYSN) has much more to offer by a wide margin.
Nice facility
🔗 Fri, 27 Aug 2021
— @VE6TDH at High Prairie Airport, Canada
Went to the annual BBQ lunch Aug. 27, 2021. Great terminal and runway. Very nice local folks. Great to have the self serve fuel as well.
(no subject)
🔗 Tue, 01 Jun 2021
— @VE6TDH at Hanna Airport, Canada
Visited May 31, 2021. Courtesy car available, but we didn’t use it. Terminal entry door for pilots is on parking lot side of building.
(no subject)
🔗 Mon, 10 May 2021
— @VE6TDH at Mayerthorpe Airport, Canada
Terminal interior is being renovated. Looks like a few year job. Runway is very good.
Needs TLC
🔗 Sat, 01 May 2021
— @VE6TDH at Coronation Airport, Canada
The terminal building really needs some cleaning and TLC. Runway is in good shape.
Great Facility
🔗 Tue, 27 Apr 2021
— @VE6TDH at Drumheller Municipal Airport, Canada
Visited April 2021. Friendly "manager", helped with self serve fuel. Courtesy vehicle available. Great dinosaur museum in town.
My Experience
🔗 Thu, 15 Apr 2021
— @NYANWT at Vancouver International Airport, Canada
Very Nice Airport, Just The Taxis And Luggage Are Areas They NEED To Improve On
Warning: high landing fee, GA not welcome
🔗 Mon, 22 Mar 2021
— @david at Owen Sound / Billy Bishop Regional Airport, Canada
City council has forced the airport to institute a $35 landing fee (+HST, presumably). There are no exceptions, not even for resident pilots or pilots purchasing fuel. The fee is more than double that of CYTZ, which is downtown in Canada's biggest city.
I suggest taking your travel business to nearby Wiarton CYVV, instead -- it still welcomes GA.
More About
🔗 Fri, 12 Mar 2021
— @THEARCTICGUY at Herschel Island Field, Canada
Open To Passenger Flights, No Landing Fee, But Nobody Ever Comes Here, well, Its In The Arctic On A Remote Island So Why Would Passenger Planes Stop Here? No Refuel, Only 1-5 Staff, Runway Not Paved, No Buildings.
About
🔗 Fri, 12 Mar 2021
— @THEARCTICGUY at Herschel Island Field, Canada
Nice, Serves Herschel Island, Next To Two (Very Tiny) Seaports ON Herschel Island, (Port Yukon Seaport, Thirty-Eight Seaport)
First solo flight 1983
🔗 Thu, 24 Dec 2020
— @eichair at Huronia Airport, Canada
When I learned to fly in Canada 1983
I completed my first solo 10. of July 1983 on Midland (Huronia) Airport with an Cessna 150 C-GUKF and finally got the PPL Licence on July 29th 1983.
I never forget this awesome time flying in Ontario. Wonderful!
Hans
(no subject)
🔗 Tue, 01 Dec 2020
— @CYQF_spotter at Ponoka (Hospital & Care Centre) Heliport, Canada
O3071/20 NOTAMR O3058/20
A) CXXX B) 2011161542 C) 2102121900EST
E) CHC4 PONOKA (HOSPITAL AND CARE CENTRE) (HELI)
AD CLSD DUE TO NON COMPLIANCE)
Airport is closed
🔗 Tue, 01 Dec 2020
— @CYQF_spotter at Lac Etchemin Airport, Canada
The airport is closed by AIP Canada Supplement 81/20
Until may,30,2021
Looking for Belleville Flying Club jacket
🔗 Sat, 28 Nov 2020
— @marykinloch at Belleville Airport, Canada
My dad still has his Belleville Flying Club jacket from the 90's but it is falling apart. Anyone have one in their collection they would be willing to part with?
Improved Surfaces/Hangars
🔗 Tue, 13 Oct 2020
— @bcrosby at Steinbach (South) Airport, Canada
The runway is now paved! (40' wide), and they are adding a second heated hangar which should be completed in Nov 2020.
When making your radio calls, be sure to use "Steinbach South" Traffic. As "Steinbach" (the other airfield three miles north of this one) shares the same frequency.
Grass runway
🔗 Thu, 08 Oct 2020
— @david at Sorel Airport, Canada
There seems to be a parallel grass runway right beside 03/21. It's not listed in the CFS, but the diagram shows its length as 1,800 ft.
Turf Conditions Were Great
🔗 Mon, 05 Oct 2020
— @bcrosby at Red Deer Forestry Airport, Canada
Firm grass, no issues in a cherokee six. Quite the approach into the westerly direction. Amazing views
Watch out for the construction site on the approach end of 1
🔗 Mon, 05 Oct 2020
— @bcrosby at Sundre Airport, Canada
Lots of digging and mounds of dirt
Still Well Maintained
🔗 Mon, 05 Oct 2020
— @bcrosby at Ram Falls Airstrip, Canada
Turf was solid with a few embedded rocks here and there.. There is J-A1 fuel on site, probably for the helicopters. No probs in a Cherokee Six
(no subject)
🔗 Sat, 26 Sep 2020
— @CYQF_spotter at Red Deer Regional Airport, Canada
The connection between runway 17/35 and Runway 12/30 located at the end of runway 35 has been demolished
Closed
🔗 Sat, 12 Sep 2020
— @CYQF_spotter at Innisfail Hospital Heliport, Canada
(O2385/20 NOTAMR O1627/20
A) CXXX B) 2009021915 C) 2012021800EST
E) CSF2 INNISFAIL (HOSPITAL) (HELI)
HELIPORT CLSD)
(no subject)
🔗 Mon, 07 Sep 2020
— @CYQF_spotter at Ponoka (Hospital & Care Centre) Heliport, Canada
Helipad is Temporarily closed until November 16 2020 due to non-compliance of transport Canada regulations
Second World War
🔗 Wed, 02 Sep 2020
— @david at Portage-la-Prairie / Southport Airport, Canada
During the Second World War, this airport hosted the No. 7 Air Observer School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, and the No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School was right across the road: http://bcatp.org/139-no-7-air-observer-school/
Today, the airport is privately-operated, but still hosts the 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Canadian_Forces_Flying_Training_School
Second World War
🔗 Wed, 02 Sep 2020
— @david at Montréal / Saint-Hubert Airport, Canada
From 1941 to 1944, St-Hubert hosted the No. 13 Service Flying Training School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), on the military side of the airfield that formerly served as RCAF Station St-Hubert (later CFB St-Hubert until the 1990s, when it was decommissioned).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._13_Service_Flying_Training_School_RCAF
Second World War
🔗 Wed, 02 Sep 2020
— @david at Mont Joli Airport, Canada
As RCAF Station Mont-Joli, this airport hosted No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan from 15 December 1941 until 14 April 1945
Permission required
🔗 Wed, 26 Aug 2020
— @david at Mont-Tremblant / St-Jovite Airport, Canada
Prior permission required: Aéroport Mont-Tremblant Inc +1-819-425-9494
Permission required
🔗 Wed, 26 Aug 2020
— @david at Chute-St-Philippe Airport, Canada
Permission required: Yves Sigouin +819-425-5412
Permission required
🔗 Wed, 26 Aug 2020
— @david at La Macaza / Mont-Tremblant International Inc Airport, Canada
24 hours prior permission required: Mont-Tremblant Intl Inc +1-819-275-9099
Clubhouse and visitor parking
🔗 Wed, 26 Aug 2020
— @david at Joliette Airport, Canada
There are two gravel-paved visitor parking spots beside the fuel pumps, directly across from the clubhouse. The clubhouse has combo access (a code visiting pilots will have no trouble figuring out), a washroom, and vending machines. There's also wifi, but I couldn't find the password posted anywhere on the wall.
Expect to hear only French on the radio in the circuit.
Permission required
🔗 Tue, 25 Aug 2020
— @david at St-Esprit Aerodrome, Canada
Prior notice required before landing. The operator is Aérodrome Saint-Esprit Inc +1-450-839-1111
Permission required
🔗 Tue, 25 Aug 2020
— @david at Lac Agile (Mascouche) Airport, Canada
Permission required. The operator is Gestion Wilburdea Inc +1-514-249-4040 or +1-450-675-035
Permission required
🔗 Tue, 25 Aug 2020
— @david at St-Jérôme Airport, Canada
Operated by Parachutisme Adrénaline +1-450-438-0855
Permission required, and landing fees (according to the CFS).
Airport weather
🔗 Tue, 25 Aug 2020
— @david at Gimli Industrial Park Airport, Canada
While the airport doesn't have an official METAR, a member mentioned this in a problem report:
Gimli has an AWOS. It is at www.gimliairportawos.com
Garman pilot uses CXGH as a Metar for CYGM. It is the Environment Canada weather at the town of Gimli 1.7 nm from CYGM
Still listed as open
🔗 Tue, 25 Aug 2020
— @david at De Winton South Calgary Airport, Canada
The Canada Flight Supplement up to 10 September 2020 still lists this airport as open, with a note warning that "Rwy 10/28 and 16/34 sfcs deteriorating." From various comments, it doesn't sound practical to use, but someone is still keeping it on the books.
re: NDB YSL Decommissioned
🔗 Mon, 24 Aug 2020
— @david at St Leonard Airport, Canada
Reply to @KPC6NDB: Removed the NDB
Great Facility
🔗 Mon, 10 Aug 2020
— @VE6TDH at Hinton / Entrance Airport, Canada
Well maintained grass strip. Well worth a visit.
Good runway conditions (summer 2020)
🔗 Sat, 08 Aug 2020
— @david at Alexandria Aerodrome, Canada
I flex into Alexandria just after 9:00 am today. It was my first visit in over 15 years. I checked NOTAMs beforehand for paradrops, and monitored the frequency from about 20 min to to confirm there wasn't any activity.
The grass runway is mowed nice and short, but the ground underneath is slightly uneven—not dangerously so, but you'll do a bit of dune-buggy-style bouncing over the undulations on landing, even at minimum speed, so keep the yoke back in your lap after landing in a nosedragger.
It was firm and dry, though, and even without a headwind to help, my 160 hp PA-28 needed only a bit over half of the 2,200 ft for landing and for takeoff (after backtracking).
Video of runway conditions
🔗 Tue, 04 Aug 2020
— @david at Gananoque Airport, Canada
August 2017 (I think the order is Runway 24, 12, then 36):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CSepmKq_D8
Contact info
🔗 Mon, 03 Aug 2020
— @david at Navan Bearbrook Airport, Canada
From COPA Places to Fly (updated 2017):
Thomas Smith
+1-613-835-2792
tcssmith@xplorenet.com
Welcome to CYPD
🔗 Thu, 23 Jul 2020
— @hercguy at Port Hawkesbury Airport, Canada
Celtic Air took over operating CYPD three years ago. Commercial aircraft ramp fees vary from 200.00 to 400.00, commercial landing fees top out based on MTOW at about 85.00 for a Challenger 350. Private aircraft can expect up to a 25.00 landing fee. Given that the airport exists solely on these fees, we hope everyone can manage with them. Call us at 902-625-2206 if you have any questions.
Birds everywhere!
🔗 Fri, 17 Jul 2020
— @bcrosby at Tobermory Airport, Canada
Lots of wildlife on the runway in July. Be prepared.
322573 Typo in field "municipality"
🔗 Fri, 10 Jul 2020
— @ripat at Boat Bluff Lighthouse Helipad, Canada
- Sarah Isalnd
+ Sarah Island
(no subject)
🔗 Sun, 24 May 2020
— @CYQF_spotter at Didsbury/Minty Field, Canada
Small privately owned airport.The two grass strips is well maintained and are equipped with high intensity runway edge lighting
(no subject)
🔗 Sat, 23 May 2020
— @CYQF_spotter at De Winton South Calgary Airport, Canada
Update 5/8/2020 airfield appears to be in despair. There is no windsock at the airfield just a bare pole the airport has fences surrounded it with no-trespassing signs on them. All the structures located at the airfield or in close-proximity to it are in complete and utter despair
CZBA Burlington Executive Airpark weather
🔗 Wed, 04 Mar 2020
— @newacecorp at Burlington Executive, Canada
Burlington Executive Airpark weather - http://czba.ca or https://nemowx.com/czba/
Up to the minute transcribed weather - toll-free: 1-844-WXB-CZBA
AWOS frequency: 122.55MHz
CYQS St. Thomas Airport weather
🔗 Wed, 04 Mar 2020
— @newacecorp at St Thomas Municipal Airport, Canada
St. Thomas Airport weather - http://cyqs.ca or https://nemowx.com/cysq/
Up to the minute transcribed weather - toll-free: 1-844-WXB-CYQS
Branford Airport CYFD weather
🔗 Wed, 04 Mar 2020
— @newacecorp at Brantford Municipal Airport, Canada
Brantford Airport weather - http://cyfd.ca or https://nemowx.com/cyfd/
Up to the minute transcribed weather - toll-free: 1-844-WXB-CYFD
Arthur Eastfield CPC3 Airport weather
🔗 Wed, 04 Mar 2020
— @newacecorp at Arthur (Walter's Field), Canada
Arthur Airport weather - http://cpc3.ca or https://nemowx.com/cpc3/
Up to the minute transcribed weather - toll-free: 1-844-WXB-CPC3
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