Gananoque Airport

Gananoque Airport

, is located convert|4.3|NM|abbr=on|lk=in northwest of the town of Gananoque, Ontario, Canada, in Canada's busy Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is currently a major centre for skydiving, as well as one of the three Canadian airports serving the Thousand Islands (along with Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport and Brockville-Thousand Islands Regional Tackaberry Airport).

History

The Gananoque Airport was a relief landing field for RCAF Station Kingston (now Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport) during World War II, and with Kingston, participated in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The field preserves the original, classic BCATP triangular runway arrangement along with some of the original wartime structures. Since 1971, the airport has been utilized as a sports skydiving dropzone with jumps available to the general public.

ee also

* Gananoque Water Aerodrome
* RCAF Detachment Gananoque

References

External links

* [http://www.1000islandsgananoque.com 1000 Islands Gananoque Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.copanational.org/PlacesToFly/airport_view.php?pr_id=1&ap_id=225 Page about this airport] on COPA's "Places to Fly" airport directory
* [http://www.skydivegan.com Skydive Gananoque]


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