RCAF Detachment Gananoque

RCAF Detachment Gananoque
Active 1940–1945
Country Canada
Branch Royal Canadian Air Force
Type Airfield
Role Relief Landing Ground (RLG)
Part of No. 31 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) located at RCAF Kingston

RCAF Detachment Gananoque was a relief landing field for the Royal Air Force's No. 31 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) located at Kingston during the Second World War. The airfield was located north of Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. Gananoque consisted of a triangle-shaped runway pattern, one hangar, and a control tower. Gananoque officially became a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) facility in 1942 when RAF training schools became part of the BCATP. The station opened in 1940 and closed in 1945.

The airfield was constructed in a typical BCATP wartime pattern, with three runways formed in a triangle. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 44°24′N 76°15′W / 44.400°N 76.250°W / 44.400; -76.250 with a Var. 12 degrees W and elevation of 395 feet (120 m). Three runways were listed as follows: [1]

Runway Name Length Width Surface
5/23 2,400 feet (732 m) 100 feet (30 m) Hard surfaced
17/35 2,400 feet (732 m) 100 feet (30 m) Hard surfaced
12/30 2,400 feet (732 m) 100 feet (30 m) Hard surfaced

Today, the former station is the Gananoque Airport.

References

Coordinates: 44°24′05″N 76°14′36″W / 44.401411°N 76.243315°W / 44.401411; -76.243315

  1. ↑ Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 1. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 114.
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