This article is about the airport in Pendleton, Ontario, Canada. For the airport in Pendleton, Oregon, United States, see Eastern Oregon Regional Airport.
Pendleton Airport (TCLID: CNF3) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest of Pendleton, Ontario, Canada, east of Ottawa. The airfield is currently operated by the Gatineau Gliding Club.
During the Second World War, Pendleton Airport was established as RCAF Station Pendleton and hosted No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan after the school moved from Hamilton in 1942. The school provided initial pilot training on Tiger Moth and Finch aircraft. While most of the airports involved in the plan have either closed or gone through extensive changes, Pendleton still preserves most of the original character of a BCATP airport: it has the original three short runways arranged in a triangle (though some are in disrepair), and several of the original World War II buildings, including the main hangar.
Aerodrome informationedit
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Pendleton, Ontario at 45°29′N75°06′W / 45.483°N 75.100°W / 45.483; -75.100 with a variation of 14 degrees east and elevation of 260 ft (79 m). Three runways were listed as follows:[2]
Runway name
Length
Width
Surface
17/35
2,550 ft (780 m)
100 ft (30 m)
Hard surfaced
13/31
2,550 ft (780 m)
100 ft (30 m)
Hard surfaced
8/26
2,550 ft (780 m)
100 ft (30 m)
Hard surfaced
Post-war (1945–present)edit
The Gatineau Gliding Club purchased the airfield from Crown Assets in 1961, and has been the owner since then. The club is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting motorless flight in Canada.
^Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 1. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 149.
External linksedit
Gatineau Gliding Club
Page about this airport 2010-08-25 at the Wayback Machine on COPA'sPlaces to Fly airport directory
Soaring Association of Canada
Video: landing at the Pendleton Airport from a motor-glider cockpit
January 01, 1970
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