Brantford Airport

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Brantford Airport
IATA: YFD - ICAO: CYFD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Brantford
Serves		Brantford, Ontario
Elevation AMSL		815 ft (248 m)
Coordinates		43°07′53″N, 080°23′33″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
05/23	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
11/29	2,600	792	Asphalt
17/35	2,600	792	Asphalt

Brantford Airport, (IATA: YFD, ICAO: CYFD), is located 4.0 nautical miles (7.41 km) west southwest of Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Brantford Flight Centre is the Fixed base operator (FBO) run by the Brantford Flying Club, and provides flight training, maintenance and charters. Their fleet consists of Cessna 152s, Cessna 172s, and a Piper Aztec. The airport hosts the United Way air show every year at the end of August, featuring the Snowbirds and other airplanes from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, including one of two airworthy Lancaster Bombers left in the world. The City of Brantford has recently been looking at the possibility of closure of Brantford airport.

[edit] History

While Brantford has had a public airport since 1929, it opened at its present location on November 11, 1940 as a military flight training facility. It wasn't until April 27, 1970 that airport lands and management duty were transferred from the federal government to the municipal level.

[edit] References

• Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 March 2007 to 0901Z 10 May 2007.
• History and Facts About the Brantford Airport

[edit] External link

• Brantford Municipal Airport - official web site
• Brantford Flight Centre - Managers of the Airport
• Brantford Airport Closure Questioned - Press release from Brant Aero
• Brant Aero - Avionics and maintenance shop based at the Airport
• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
• Brantford's Corporate Service Review

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