Carleton Place Airport

Carleton Place Airport, (TC LID: CNR6), is located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southeast of Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada, west of Ottawa. This airport was built by Marvin MacPherson & Dr. Wilf Roy, both of Carleton Place. The first flight was flown in a Piper Super Cub on ski's in March 1959, piloted by Marvin. In 2000, Malcom & Allison Horton purchased this grass strip airport. A flying club, COPA Flight 121 & an ultralight training school reside here. Other local General Aviation schools use this airport to practice their emergency grass strip student landings. The airport has also been used for Orange helicopter services, MNR helicopter services & DND exercises. COPA Flight 121 hosts an annual fly-in BBQ, typically on the weekend following the Labour Day Holiday.

Carleton Place Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Owner/OperatorM & A Horton
ServesCarleton Place/Beckwith
LocationCarleton Place, Ontario
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
  Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL450 ft / 137 m
Coordinates45°06′14″N 076°07′24″W
Map
CNR6
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 2,240 683 Turf

The airfield has a few buildings including rental hangars.

See also

References

  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.


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