Dunnville Airport Explained

Dunnville Airport
Tc:CDU9
Type:Closed
Owner:1736032 Ontario Inc.
Operator:1736032 Ontario Inc.
Location:Dunnville, Ontario
Timezone:EST
Summer:EDT
Elevation-F:600
Coordinates:42.8722°N -79.5958°W
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario#Canada
Pushpin Label:CDU9
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ontario
R1-Number:05/23
R1-Length-F: 2,400
R1-Length-M:732
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:09/27
R2-Length-F:3,500
R2-Length-M:1,067
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Dunnville Airport was a registered aerodrome located 2NM south of Dunnville, Ontario, Canada. It was built during World War II as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and was home to Royal Canadian Air Force No.6 Service Flying Training School, which opened on 25 November 1940 and closed on 1 December 1944. There is a museum at the airport commemorating the training school.[1] [2]

In 2003 the airport was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Site by the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. On 30 May 2013, all flight operations ceased at the airport to make way for industrial wind turbines.

The former airport is privately owned, but the public is welcome at the museum. Located within the village of Port Maitland, it sits on over of land. There are five aircraft hangars and several buildings dating from the 1940s on the site. There are two public mini-storage buildings, one being large enough to store recreational vehicles and other large vehicles indoors. The popular television show Canada's Worst Driver was filmed on the airport grounds from its sixth season onwards.

Former tenants

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hatch . F. J. . The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945 . Directorate of History, Department of National Defence . 1983 . Ottawa . 0660114437.
  2. http://www.rcafmuseum.org/site/home No.6 RCAF Dunnville Museum website