Valcourt Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Aero Club de Valcourt | ||||||||||
Location | Valcourt, Quebec | ||||||||||
Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 740 ft / 226 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°28′52″N072°18′37″W / 45.48111°N 72.31028°W Coordinates: 45°28′52″N072°18′37″W / 45.48111°N 72.31028°W | ||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement [1] |
Valcourt Airport, ( TC LID : CSQ3), is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Valcourt, Quebec, Canada. The runway was built on the right-of-way of an old Canadian Pacific Railway branch line that once ran between the towns of Eastman and Windsor Mills, Quebec. [2] In 2005, the 3,750 ft (1,143 m) runway was repaved, with the centre 20 ft (6.1 m) being asphalt, with gravel on each side.
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