Greenbank Airport

Greenbank Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Greenbank Airways Limited
Location Greenbank, Ontario
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL 975 ft / 297 m
Coordinates 44°08′03″N 079°00′45″W / 44.13417°N 79.01250°W / 44.13417; -79.01250Coordinates: 44°08′03″N 079°00′45″W / 44.13417°N 79.01250°W / 44.13417; -79.01250
Website Official Website
Map
CNP8
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 2,230 680 Turf

Greenbank Airport, (TC LID: CNP8), is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Greenbank in Scugog, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.

Planes land on turf in summer and on ice and snow in winter. A small hangar and refuelling tanks are the few structures at the airport.

Accident

On August 1, 2008 at around 9:45am a small plane crashed near the airport.[2] Both people in the plane died. One was the airport owner and manager and the other is unknown.[3] Emergency services attended the scene and left by 11am. The crash scene was near the intersection of Durham Regional Road 47 and Highway 12.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 19 July 2018 to 0901Z 13 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Two dead in small plane crash at Uxbridge airport". ctvtoronto.ca. CTV Television Network. 2008-01-01. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  3. 1 2 Hayward, Jeff (2008-01-01). "Crash kills Greenbank airport owner". newsdurhamregion.com. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 2008-08-05.


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