RCAF Station Fort Macleod had six runways in an overlaid triangle configuration. All of these runways were abandoned but can be seen clearly in aerial photography. Many wartime RCAF training stations had a triangle configuration in order to allow for takeoff and landing a wide range of wind directions. The modern runway 06/24 is not one of the original runways. It was an entirely new runway constructed approximately parallel to one of the existing runways but cutting across the other four near their apex.
Referencesedit
^Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
Bruce Forsyth's Canadian Military History page
External linksedit
Page about this airport on COPA'sPlaces to Fly airport directory
fort, macleod, airport, cey3, located, nautical, mile, southwest, fort, macleod, alberta, canada, iata, noneicao, nonetc, cey3summaryairport, typepublicoperatortown, fort, macleodlocationfort, macleod, albertatime, zonemst, summer, elevation, amsl3, mcoordinat. Fort Macleod Airport TC LID CEY3 is located 1 nautical mile 1 9 km 1 2 mi southwest of Fort Macleod Alberta Canada Fort Macleod AirportIATA noneICAO noneTC LID CEY3SummaryAirport typePublicOperatorTown of Fort MacleodLocationFort Macleod AlbertaTime zoneMST UTC 07 00 Summer DST MDT UTC 06 00 Elevation AMSL3 138 ft 956 mCoordinates49 42 N 113 25 W 49 700 N 113 417 W 49 700 113 417MapCEY3Location in AlbertaRunwaysDirection Length Surfaceft m06 24 3 000 914 AsphaltSource Canada Flight Supplement 1 History editFort Macleod Airport was originally RCAF Station Fort Macleod a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facility located near the west end of Fort MacLeod RCAF Station Fort Macleod had six runways in an overlaid triangle configuration All of these runways were abandoned but can be seen clearly in aerial photography Many wartime RCAF training stations had a triangle configuration in order to allow for takeoff and landing a wide range of wind directions The modern runway 06 24 is not one of the original runways It was an entirely new runway constructed approximately parallel to one of the existing runways but cutting across the other four near their apex References edit Canada Flight Supplement Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020 Bruce Forsyth s Canadian Military History pageExternal links editPage about this airport on COPA s Places to Fly airport directory BCATP Fort MacleodPortals nbsp Canada nbsp Aviation nbsp This article about an airport in Alberta is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fort Macleod Airport amp oldid 1047355581, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
