Ogilvie Aerodrome

Ogilvie Aerodrome formerly Ogilvie River Aerodrome (IATA: FS4, TC LID: CFS4) is a registered aerodrome located near Ogilvie River in the Yukon, Canada and has a 50 ft (15 m) wide runway that receives no maintenance.

Ogilvie Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment of Yukon
LocationOgilvie River, Yukon
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL1,640 ft / 500 m
Coordinates65°40′28″N 138°06′56″W
Map
CFS4
Location in Yukon
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 2,500 762 Gravel

During the late-1960s to early-1970s the Canadian Forces used this strip as a place to offload equipment and supplies in the construction of the steel bridge over the Oglive River which was carried out by 3 Field Squadron Canadian Engineers stationed at CFB Chilliwack in British Columbia.

References

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


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