Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport

Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport (IATA: XBR, TC LID: CNL3), also known as Brockville Municipal Airport,[3] is a registered aerodrome located in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, 4.8 nautical miles (8.9 km; 5.5 mi) northwest of the city of Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorBrock Air Services
LocationBrockville, Ontario
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL404 ft / 123 m
Coordinates44°38′22″N 075°45′01″W
Websitewww.brockvilleairport.com
Map
CNL3
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 4,505 1,373 Asphalt
16/34 2,203 671 Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft movements1,761

This aerodrome is named after George Tackaberry, the owner of the company that re-surfaced and extended the runway and surrounding area in 2004.

The aerodrome has gliding activity for three weekends in the fall and three weekends in spring. This is done through the air cadets with glider pilots who either instruct at, or graduated from the glider pilot scholarship. (GPS) (a six-week summer course which after completion candidates receive their glider pilot licence.) More specifically EOGC (Eastern Ontario Gliding Centre), which for the remainder of the spring and fall seasons operate out of Mountainview airport (CPZ3) near Trenton Ontario bring two gliders and one tow plane to Brockville for the three weekends.

References
  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  3. Brockville - 1000 Islands Regional Tackaberry Airport (official web site)


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