Long Branch Aerodrome was an airfield located west of Toronto, Ontario and just east of Port Credit, now Mississauga, and was Canada's first aerodrome.[1] The airport was opened by the Curtiss Flying School, part of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, as a pilot training school in 1915.[2] John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, the first person to fly an airplane in the British Empire, was hired as the airport's first manager.[2] In 1917 the airport was run by the Royal Flying Corps, and then closed in 1919. It is recognized by the existence of Aviation Road in the Lakeview, Mississauga community and an Ontario Historical plaque.
The airport had a small corrugated metal hangar with space for 3 small aircraft [3] and a barnhouse. There was no runway, but a grass/dirt strip for landing.
The aerodrome was one of several in the Toronto area, including three near Downsview. For many years it was the site of Ontario Power Generation's Lakeview Generating Station. As of 2009 it became a brownfield site awaiting redevelopment.