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Brampton-Caledon Airport 
Summary
Brampton-Caledon Airport (TC LID: CNC3) is a privately owned general aviation airport in Caledon, near Brampton, Ontario, Canada, northwest of Toronto.
Brampton-Caledon Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Brampton Flying | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Caledon, Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 936 ft / 285 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°45′35″N 079°52′26″W / 43.75972°N 79.87389°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.bramptonflightcentre.com/ | ||||||||||||||
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  CNC3 Location in Ontario | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] | |||||||||||||||
The club and airport was established in 1946 and occupies 240 acres (0.97 km2) of land. The airport consists of two paved runways, a flight school building, terminal building, aircraft service and maintenance facilities and 25 storage hangars. It is the busiest uncontrolled airport in Canada by number of flights.
History edit
The Brampton Flying Club first opened the airfield in 1946 on farmland and replaced a series of earlier landing strips near Highway 7 (Stan Archdekin Strip, Fallis Strip, Rankin Kellum Strip, First Line West and Ontario Department of Agriculture Field) built around 1945.[2]
Tenants edit
- Brampton Flying Club - also owners of airport
- Great War Flying Museum
- Brampton Airport Flight Training School
- Brampton Flight College
- Humphrey's Pilot Shop
- Wings Flight Grille Restaurant
- 892 (Snowy Owl) Squadron - Royal Canadian Air Cadets
See also edit
References edit
External links edit
- Brampton Flying Club official website
- Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory