| Drummondville Water Aerodrome | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | SDED - Aéroport de Drummondville | ||||||||||
| Location | Drummondville, Quebec | ||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 320 ft / 98 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°51′16″N072°23′22″W / 45.85444°N 72.38944°W Coordinates: 45°51′16″N072°23′22″W / 45.85444°N 72.38944°W | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  CSA7 Location in Quebec | |||||||||||
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Source: Water Aerodrome Supplement [1] | |||||||||||
Drummondville Water Aerodrome( TC LID : CSA7) is located 4 nautical mile s (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of Drummondville, Quebec, Canada.
Transport Canada is the department within the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities (TIC) portfolio. The current Minister of Transport is Marc Garneau. Transport Canada is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.
A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.
A nautical mile is a unit of measurement used in both air and marine navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. Historically, it was defined as one minute of a degree of latitude. Today it is defined as exactly 1852 metres. The derived unit of speed is the knot, one nautical mile per hour.
The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. [1]
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The Canada Border Services Agency is a federal agency that is responsible for border protection and surveillance, immigration enforcement and customs services in Canada. The CBSA is accountable to Parliament through the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
General Aviation (GA) represents the 'private transport' and recreational flying component of aviation.
