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Closed in 1945
The field appears to use the standard triangle layout used for the BCATP.
Dog Creek is mentioned on the following websites:
http://jfchalifoux.com/bases_stations_comox_to_goose_bay.htm
re: Airport
I often fly low-ish over this field on my way to CYAM. I was curious about the selection of planes there. Some day I'll land and say 'hi', but after 3-4 hours of flying from Ottawa, I usually just want to finish my flight to the Soo.
Airport
Great little place to stop, no landing or tie down fees. A lot of interesting old planes to look around at. We had a cup of coffee and wnadered around, the owner offered us his vehicle to go for lunch if we wished.
re: Need to document the history
One runway looks as though it was 7000 feet long with the others at 6000 and 5500 feet. My guess is military operations during ww2
re: Need to document the history
well what do you know? from satellite images it looks as though it was at one time quite substantial? Was it for the war? How long was it in operation?
re: Gods Country
I also have a cabin on the lake. And if you're a flyer, I think I know who you are.
Clubhouse operational!
Pilots, when flying into Beiseker there is now a place to relax and take a break. The Beiseker airport clubhouse is a volunteer run "terminal" facility. There is chairs to sit in and a washroom in the back. Dial up the emergency frequency to get in the door. Thanks in advance for dropping by. While in Beiseker, Fuel is available from the Alberta Skydivers.
Industrial/Office Space and heated Airplane Hanger for Lease
For more information contact Greg Syrota (Sales Representative) Coldwell Banker Trinity Realty Inc. 705-444-1420 x 245 or call my cell phone at 705-446-8082
100LL
A great facility now owned/operated by Sobeys. I used up the last 100LL just before a long weekend. So a call to verify availability might be in order.
Self-serve fuel
Self-serve fuel systems at CYRP, CYSH and now CYCC all work great and pricing is usually comparable.
Bounday Bay Airport (CZBB)
Boundary Bay is a Canadian training airport located in southwest British Columbia, about 15 miles south of the city of Vancouver. There is no FBO, just a small terminal with minimal services. Renting a car to drive to Vancouver would probably be cheaper than taking a taxi. Public transit isn't very frequent, only during business hours, but is inexpensive. For schedule information, call 604.953.3333
There are two rivers, about seven miles east of the airport, the Nicomeckl and the Serpentine, not the Nickel as a previous poster suggested. The best resouces a pilot can have for flying into or out of any Class C airspace like ZBB are a current Canada Flight Supplement and the Vancouver terminal area map (VTA). The latter is printed on both sides, showing arrival and departure routes and reporting points. All airspace is clearly marked. "Unfamiliar with the area" should get the attention of ATC. Both maps may be purchased from Pacific Flying Club, Professional IFR or several other flight schools. Pay careful attention while joining the circuit (Canada's terminology for the pattern). Scan for aircraft that are on the crosswind leg, turning to downwind. RWY 25 circuits are right hand, as are circuits on rwy 30, for noise abatement. It is important to realize that Vancxouver is a busy airport and it is possible to inadventently stumble into the wrong airspace. The aaispace east of CYVR is the primary departure route for a multitude of heavy transport aircraft.
VFR traffic from the south will probably make initial contact at Point Roberts, either as first contact or after being passed of by the terminal area controller. Traffic from the southeast will probably use the Whatcom VORTAC (113.000), then report to Outer Tower at the railway trestle, near the east end of Boundary Bay, for landings on rwy 25. Northbound traffic will probably use Point Roberts for initial contact, also on outer tower. From the southeast, be cognizant of a small airspace corridor near near the Whatcom Vortac and the White Rock NDB, which serves as the inital approach fix for the approach to Abbotsford airport, about 20 miles east of ZBB. VFR traffic MUST be below 1500 feet in that area. Aircraft arriving from the east will also use the Trestle as their first reporting point. The floor of the terminal area is just 1500 ASL soget low early to avoid extra frequency changes. A smaller airport, Delta airpark is about four miles east of the airfield. Stay at or above 1000 feet until west of that airport.
Key frequencies: ATIS-125.5; Terminal-125.2; Outer Tower-127.6; Inner Tower 118.1 Ground-124.3. ARCAL is 118.1, type K. Not sure whether it requires 5 or 7 clicks to operate it.
The IFR runway is 07, with a DME arc approach, using the Vancouver Vortac (115.9). Approach/departure are with Vancouver Approach, on 132.2. Runway 07-25 is 5000 feet long; rwy 12-30 is 3755 feet. This airport has basic approach lighting and has no PAPI or VASI on any of the four runways.
-AV8R
re: Location
Since there is a plane at the dock in the Google map, I've moved the marker.
Location
SPB is north of the symbol, above the point of land, on the Bay where docks project into the water.
Fall 2009 Update
I took a flight over there yesterday and it looks like some progress has been made since the last google earth pass. Will need to keep an eye on this one as an interesting place to be.
http://viennatech.ca/blog/2009/10/10/new-bird-to-mme/
Tony, when do you want to go land there? Call me!
Century Flight Renaming
Renamed to the J.A.D. McCurdy Sydney Airport tp coincide with the arrival of the Cross Canada Century Flight in July 2009.
Losers
Only Losers fly small planes.Get a Jet.
Beacon on 516 KHz
Very strong beacon in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. YWA on 516 KHZ.
Happy Trails!
Milford Fair Helicopter Ride
My first (and only so far) helicopter ride was from this location.
Private Aircraft Landing Fees
Slave Lake Airport charges no landing fees for private aircraft or flying club aircraft.
Casey Airport
This airport was built by the RCAF, in mid 1950's. The runway are in conrete, and is still in good shape. This airport was no longer used and serves now as Dragway for ATV and motocross.
CYYT
RUNWAY 16---110.70---160º
Need to document the history
I am from the Dog Creek reserve and have been looking for history on the Dog Creek airport. Other than what my grandmother has told me, I haven't found anythingon the internet - i will change that!! I plan to do something, not sure what, but I will get something on the history of this airport!
Good restaurant on site
Good food and cheap. Right at the fuel pumps. There is also an interesting water runway parallel to the main one.
About the airport and Kapuskasing
Came here on 2009-09-12 for a Hope Air flight in low IMC, right at minima.
There are three significant buildings at the airport. From left to right, looking from the apron, they are: (1) an older white building, which apparently houses the airport's weather observer, (2) a newer building which is the main terminal, and (3) an older building a bit further to the right, which is the Kapuskasing Flying Club. You can tie down for free on the grass at the Flying Club -- the chains are marked with pylons. Even in bad weather, there are a lot of people hanging around the flying club on the weekend -- they're very friendly, and sometimes monitor the traffic frequency (there's no official FSS or Unicom): on my way in, they gave me a warning about a big flock of geese.
I'd originally planned to stay at the Comfort Inn or Super 8, but they're far out of town on the opposite side from the airport. The Park Inn is on Highway 11 (called Government Rd.) just a three or four blocks south of the town's business district and about 5 km from the airport, next door to a 24-hour Tim Horton's (like the American Dunkin Donuts chain, but far more popular) -- the Park Inn is nothing special, but it's clean and inexpensive ($64/night in September with the AAA/CAA discount). The town's business district is centred around "The Circle", a traffic circle with a park in the middle and nice shops etc. around the outside. The shops continue for a block or so on each of the spoke roads.
Unusually for a small Northern Ontario town, Kapuskasing is nice and walkable, with decent sidewalks -- there's even a coffee shop/bistro called "Back to the Grind" on the north side of The Circle. Beware that things close early, though: after 6:00 pm on a Saturday, even the big supermarket is shut down, and you're pretty-much limited to Tim's or the bars.
NOTAMS sometimes in effect for Auto Slalom Events
St. Lawrence Auto Club (of Kingston) will hold autoslaloms on various Sundays during the months of April, May, June, September & October on sections of the air strip. Best to check NOTAMS (as issued by the Prince Edward Flying Club) as the airport is closed completely (except for emergency landings) during these Sundays
Greenbank Flyin
Please post to appropriate persons
Greenbank Airport is happy to announce a FLYIN / drive in
Sunday Sept 27 2009,
Noon til 4pm
Free burgers and drinks, guest speakers on aviaition related topics.
contact Larry Bonehill
Airport Manager 416 984 6449
manager@greenbankairways.com
Party Place?
We went out to check out the facilities at the aerodrome. There were a bunch of miscreants recovering from their party in the parking lot amongst the private hangars and business. Beer cans and underwear (no kidding) strewn all over. I'd be wary if I had a private aircraft out there.
Came by for a visit
We popped by in the car to check the place out. Nice long grass strip with taxi entrance/exits on each end. Nice houses, all with private aircraft. There was even a Robinson helicopter.
Nice little aiport
Very well maintained, and a very nice strip to land on. The airport was pretty much vacant when I was there, but it is in general a very decent facility.
Airport May Be Renamed
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/09/03/airport-bishop.html
Go for a walk
Its a great airport to fly to if you want to walk into town, take a look around, and have a coffee. Unique little town in the middle of southern sk. http://www.atouchofeurope.net
federal $ coming
Just announced - a new row of hangars are getting built.
pleasant parking spot
Victor's crew is always warm & friendly to fly-in visitors, despite the fuel issue.
What we found there.
Its a great private grass strip on a ridge with good views. They have all natural vegetables in season and fruits like apples and pears. They have several square dances each summer. Their club is the Fly'N Squares and they do "fast track".
re: Ottawa's mystery airport
I can't find any info about this strip - is it still private or PPR? I have done low approaches numerous times, it seems there are some terrain gradient challenges at the East end of the strip. I'd be willing to take the Husky in for a visit and offer an unbiased opinion on the runway conditions.
Runway 26A = taxiway A
According to the Canada Flight Supplement (AIP), runway 26A is actually part of taxiway A, available for VMC day departures only, when runway 26L is active. Apparently, that means smaller aircraft are allowed to take off straight from the taxiway instead of waiting in line for the big runway. There's no corresponding 08A, but if the wind's almost always blowing in off the ocean on a VMC day, it wouldn't be that useful anyway.
re: SkyTrain Service
Reply to @YHZ: Great news! Now if only Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, etc. could follow suit and link their light rail to their main airports.
SkyTrain Service
As of August 17 2009, SkyTrain service now connects YVR with downtown Vancouver. Yay!
re: re: Avgas in drums
Reply to @david: I read a couple of books by a Minnesota dentist who liked to take his Super Cub for trips around the Canadian North - it sounded like he often had to arrange for drums at places he was planning to stop, and he'd take the excess on board as baggage. Then he'd fly for a while, find a likely lake to drop into (he was on straight floats) and then transfer the fuel from the bags in the baggage compartment to the fuel tanks.
re: Avgas in drums
Thanks. It sounds like the Quebec side of James Bay and Hudson Bay is a better bet than the Ontario/Manitoba/NWT side -- I can't find any avgas between Moosonee and Churchill, except for maybe buying drums.
re: Avgas in drums
Reply to @david: drums are 205 litres/45 CDN gallons/54 US gallons.
re: Avgas in drums
Reply to @philippe: I've been toying with the idea of flying up north some year, though not as far as Iqaluit. Are the drums 55 US gallons? That would be a bit of a pain in my Warrior, with a 48 US gallon usable fuel capacity.
Avgas in drums
Avgas here is sold in drums at CAD$449 each (reasonable seeing that it must be shipped by sea in summer only!). You can only buy full drums, so plan to arrive with enough room in the tanks.
Reasonable fuel
The fuel was much less expensive than I expected this far north, about the same as in Toronto.
Island Tunnel
Porter is trying to build a tunnel to replace some of the ferry service.
Fuel stop, July 2009
Excellent hospitality, service, fuel price, proximity to hotel/food/ground transportation. See copanational.org Flying in Canada- listing under Places to Fly - Ontario - Carlyle, as well as CFS. CKM
Plans to close
With the lost funding, the Sifton family is fairly certain they'll have to close Buttonville in a few years:
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/toronto/story.html?id=1914431
(via @bcrosby)
about the aiport at Squamish
there is nothing there
Don't miss CHAA
Tillsonburg is the home of the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association, which has a fleet of seven Harvards, a Yale and a Tiger Moth. Definitely worth checking out their aircraft and hangers the next time you're in town.
please be advised
🔗 Fri, 04 Dec 2009
— @cam at Dunnville Airport, Canada
Dunnville is an ultralight friendly airport. There is an active jump school here also so don't overfly the field. See the canada flight supplement for info re : traffic patterns