Hawkesbury Airport

Registere aerodrome in Ontario, Canada

CNV4 is located in Ontario
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Location in Ontario
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CNV4 is located in Canada
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 1,775 541 Turf
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]

Hawkesbury Airport (TC LID: CNV4) is located 1.7 nautical miles (3.1 km; 2.0 mi) west of Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada, near the Ottawa River and the border with Quebec.

History

The airport was built in the early 1940s by the Royal Canadian Air Force as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and served as the primary relief landing field for No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School in nearby Saint-Eugène, Ontario. The aerodrome was declared surplus by the RCAF on 16 December 1944 and the property was turned over to the Department of Transport on 17 February 1945.[2]

Accidents

  • 14 June 1999, a Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus crashed on approach, killing the pilot.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Relief Landing Field - Hawkesbury". www.rcaf.info. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "CADORS report for Schemp-Hirth standard Cirrus Serial #169 Glider". Transport Canada.
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