| Lac-à-la-Tortue Water Aerodrome | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Bel Air Laurentian Aviation Inc | ||||||||||
| Serves | Grand-Mère, Quebec | ||||||||||
| Location | Lac-à-la-Tortue | ||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 427 ft / 130 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°37′00″N072°37′33″W / 46.61667°N 72.62583°W Coordinates: 46°37′00″N072°37′33″W / 46.61667°N 72.62583°W | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  CSU7 Location in Quebec  CSU7 CSU7 (Canada) | |||||||||||
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Source: Water Aerodrome Supplement [1] | |||||||||||
Lac-à-la-Tortue Water Aerodrome( TC LID : CSU7) is located on Lac-à-la-Tortue, 2.6 nautical mile s (4.8 km; 3.0 mi) east of Grand-Mère, Quebec, Canada and is open from May until October. The first aircraft to land here was in 1919 and it is Canada's first seaplane base. [2]
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