Guelph Airport

Guelph Airport (TC LID: CNC4) is located 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km; 1.5 mi) northeast of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It consists of two runways, 14/32 and 05/23. Although known to residents as the "Guelph Airport" or "Guelph Airpark", it is actually an aerodrome, being registered, and not certified, by Transport Canada.

Guelph Airport
Guelph Airport looking west towards the city
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorInglis Berry
LocationGuelph, Ontario
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL1,100 ft / 335 m
Coordinates43°33′49″N 080°11′45″W
Map
CNC4
Location in Ontario
CNC4
CNC4 (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 2,005 611 Asphalt
14/32 2,561 781 Turf/Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements24,586

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from the Region of Waterloo International Airport on weekdays and the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport on weekends. At this airport the CBSA handles general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.[1]

Founded in 1954 by aviation enthusiast Len Ariss, the aerodrome remained in the Ariss family until August 2011 when it was sold to Mr. Inglis Berry.[3]

Guelph Airpark in 2016

The airfield has one major tenant, the Tiger Boys Aircraft Works, and numerous private owners. Fern Villeneuve kept his aircraft there.

Guelph Airpark is a transfer point for the Government of Ontario's air ambulance service - Ornge. ORNGE helicopters land on the ramp near the terminal building and transfer patients to and from land ambulances. Antique aircraft often use the grass between runway 05/23 and the east-west taxiway for landings and takeoffs. Occasionally gliders on cross-country flights land at Guelph if they run out of lift.

Runway 14/32 has lighting. There is a weather station about 2 km (1.2 mi) west of the airfield on the grounds of the University of Guelph's Turf Grass Institute. In 2016 Environment and Climate Change Canada reports some observations from this station.

In the spring of 2016 eight new hangars are under construction.

  • Highway signage
  • Cafe
  • Main terminal
  • Runway 14
  • Wind tee and wind sock
  • Obstruction, threshold of runway 23
  • Royal Norwegian Air Force Cornell
  • Ornge patient transfer
  • Ornge liftoff
  • Danny Boy
  • New hangars 2016

References
  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 30 January 2020 to 0901Z 26 March 2020.
  2. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
  3. "Local businessman buys Guelph Airpark". Guelph Mercury. 3 August 2011.



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