| Fort Macleod Airport | |||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none – TC LID: CEY3 | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Town of Fort Macleod | ||
| Location | Fort Macleod, Alberta | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,138 ft / 956 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06/24 | 3,000 | 914 | Asphalt |
| Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] | |||
Fort Macleod Airport, (TC LID: CEY3), is located 1 NM (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southwest of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.
Fort Macleod Airport was originally RCAF Station Fort Macleod, a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facility located near the west end of Fort MacLeod. It was the location of No. 7 Service Flying Training School which began operation December 9, 1940. A relief landing field was located at Granum. The school closed November 17, 1944, as did RCAF Detachment Granum.
RCAF Stn Fort Macleod had 3 runways in a triangle configuration, i.e. three runways forming an equilateral triangle. All of these runways were abandoned but can be seen clearly in aerial photography. Many wartime RCAF training stations had a triangle configuration in order to allow for a wide range of wind directions. The modern runway 06/24 is not one of the original runways. It was an entirely new runway constructed approximately parallel to one of the existing runways but cutting across the other two near their apex.
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