Picton Airport

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Picton Airport
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Picton Airport (CNT7), Ontario, 28 May 2013
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorPEC Community Partners
Location Picton, Ontario
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation  AMSL 465 ft / 142 m
Coordinates 43°59′21″N077°08′21″W / 43.98917°N 77.13917°W / 43.98917; -77.13917
Map
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CNT7
Location in Ontario
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CNT7
CNT7 (Canada)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
05/232,580786Asphalt
10/282,550777Asphalt
17/352,520768Asphalt

Picton Airport( TC LID : CNT7) is located on the southeast side of Picton, Ontario, Canada, near the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario. The airport is used for general aviation, including glider flying. The runway is also used for competitive, amateur automobile racing events such as arm-drop drag races [2] and autocross with the St Lawrence Automobile Club. [3]

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Royal Canadian Air Cadet glider tug at Picton Picton Airport Cadet Glider Tug.JPG
Royal Canadian Air Cadet glider tug at Picton

History

During World War II, the airport hosted the No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, operating Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander aircraft. [4] In 1953, the Prince Edward Flying club took over operation of the airport. The airport was known as CFB Picton. The airport has been owned by Loch-Sloy Holdings Limited since 1970. During the summer it is home to the Air Cadet Gliding Program along with CFB Mountainview. It is also used for motor-sport events such as autoslalom by the St. Lawrence Automobile Club. [5] There are also regular "Armdrop" drag racing events [2] and tractor pulls were held here as well in 2010 and 2011. In 2005, the base served as the Driver Rehabilitation Centre for Canada's Worst Driver. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Armdrop Drag Racing". armdropdragracing.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  3. ↑ "St. Lawrence Automobile Club".
  4. ↑ Hatch, F. J. (1983). The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945. Ottawa: Directorate of History, Department of National Defence. ISBN   0660114437.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to the Home of St Lawrence Automobile Club (St LAC)". Welcome to the Home of St Lawrence Automobile Club (St LAC). Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  6. ↑ Robertson, I. (2013). Camp Picton Wartime to Peacetime. Bloomfield, Ontario: County Magazine Printshop Ltd. ISBN   978-0-9683109-6-0.
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