Kars/Rideau Valley Air Park

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Kars/Rideau Valley Air Park
File:Kars Rideau Valley Airpark 04.JPG
IATA: noneICAO: noneTC LID: CPL3
Summary
Airport type Private
Operator Tom Bennett
Location Kars, Ontario
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL 286 ft / 87 m
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Map
CPL3 is located in Ottawa
CPL3
CPL3
Location in Ottawa
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 1,800 549 Turf
File:SchweizerSGS1-34C-FDUZ31.JPG
A Champion 7GCAA Citabria towing a Schweizer SGS 1-34 sailplane at Rideau Valley Air Park

Rideau Valley Air Park, (TC LID: CPL3), located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Kars is a small airport south of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the shore of the Rideau River. The airport has a single 1,800 by 100 ft (549 by 30 m) grass runway, and serves mainly ultralight and glider traffic.[1]

Users

Rideau Valley Soaring is a gliding club that operates from the Kars/Rideau Valley Air park on a daily basis during the soaring season. The club consists of approximately 30 members flying both private and club aircraft. The gliding club owns a Grob 103 and a Schweizer SGS 2-33 training gliders plus a SZD-50 Puchacz and a Schweizer 1-34. The club also hosts interclub competitions with the Gatineau Gliding Club and the Montreal Soaring Council.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
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