Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport

Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – TC LID: CPU6
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator First Nations Technical Institute
Location Tyendinaga, Ontario
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL 260 ft / 79 m
Coordinates 44°11′05″N 077°06′28″W / 44.18472°N 77.10778°WCoordinates: 44°11′05″N 077°06′28″W / 44.18472°N 77.10778°W
Map
CPU6

Location in Ontario

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 4,270 1,301 Asphalt
15/33 2,575 785 Asphalt

Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport (TC LID: CPU6) is a registered aerodrome that is open to the public and caters mainly to general aviation. The aerodrome is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southwest of Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada, north of the Bay of Quinte between Kingston and Belleville.

History

Originally known as Deseronto Airport, the field opened in 1917 as a training school for pilots during World War I. During World War II, it hosted the No. 1 Instrument Navigation School for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, providing advanced instrument-navigation training air crews.

The aerodrome is currently the site of the First Nations Technical Institute and the First Nations Flying School.

References

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014

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