Edenvale Airport

Edenvale Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – TC LID: CNV8
Summary
Airport type Private
Operator Edenvale A/D
Location Edenvale, Ontario
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL 718 ft / 219 m
Coordinates 44°26′20″N 079°57′55″W / 44.43889°N 79.96528°W / 44.43889; -79.96528Coordinates: 44°26′20″N 079°57′55″W / 44.43889°N 79.96528°W / 44.43889; -79.96528
Website www.edenflight.com
Map
CNV8

Location in Ontario

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 3,014 919 Asphalt
13/31 3,936 1,200 Asphalt
17/35 1,900 579 Turf

Edenvale Airport, (TC LID: CNV8), is located 2.8 nautical miles (5.2 km; 3.2 mi) west of Edenvale, Ontario, Canada.

History

RCAF and World War II Airfield 1940-1946

From 1940 to 1945 it was known as RCAF Detachment Edenvale (No. 1 Relief Landing Field)[2] as an emergency relief field supporting Camp Borden and used by the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan's No. 1 Service Flying Training School.[3] After 1946 the RCAF buildings at Edenvale were demolished and the site abandoned.[4]

Civilian Use 1950-1959

In 1950 the airport became a civilian aerodrome, but for almost a decade it was mostly used as race car events.[5] and referred to as Stayner or Edenvale Raceway.[6] It was abandoned again in 1959.

Canadian Army 1962-1988

The Canadian Army took over the site in 1962 and referred to as Edenvale Transmitter Station Bunker, a remote radio communications station[7] to support the Cold War effort (see Emergency Government Headquarters). The military close the station in 1988 and left by 1994.[8] The site's bunker, a twin of the Diefenbunker in Ottawa was sealed off in 2005.

Civilian Use 2002-present

Since 2002, the airfield has operated as a private civilian aerodrome.

At the northeast end of the airfield is an ex-Czechoslovakian MiG-15bisSB on static display.

References

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
  2. ↑ Abandoned Military Bases in Simcoe County
  3. ↑ http://www.canadianwings.com/Stations/stationsDetail.php?RCAF-Detachment-Edenvale-83
  4. ↑ http://militarybruce.com/canadian-forces-base-borden-the-complete-history/
  5. ↑ http://www.canadianracer.com/harewood.asp
  6. ↑ http://militarybruce.com/canadian-forces-base-borden-the-complete-history/
  7. ↑ http://www.canadianwings.com/Stations/stationsDetail.php?RCAF-Detachment-Edenvale-83
  8. ↑ http://militarybruce.com/canadian-forces-base-borden-the-complete-history/

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