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Hawkesbury Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none TC LID: CNV4
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Montreal Soaring Club Council/CVVM
Location	Hawkesbury, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	167 ft / 51 m
Coordinates	45°37′N 074°39′W / 45.617°N 74.650°W / 45.617; -74.650
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 1,775 541 Turf
Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Hawkesbury Airport (TC LID: CNV4) is located 1.7 nautical miles (3.1 km; 2.0 mi) west of Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada, near the Ottawa River and the border with Quebec.

History

The airport was built in the early 1940s by the Royal Canadian Air Force as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and served as the primary relief landing field for No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School in nearby Saint-Eugène, Ontario. The aerodrome was declared surplus by the RCAF on 16 December 1944 and the property was turned over to the Department of Transport on 17 February 1945.

Accidents

• 14 June 1999, a Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus crashed on approach, killing the pilot.

See also

• List of airports in the Montreal area

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
2. "Relief Landing Field - Hawkesbury". www.rcaf.info. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
3. "CADORS report for Schemp-Hirth standard Cirrus Serial #169 Glider". Transport Canada.

• Registered aerodromes in Ontario
• Hawkesbury, Ontario
• Royal Canadian Air Force stations
• Military airbases in Ontario
• Airports of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
• Military history of Ontario