Kars/Rideau Valley Air Park | |
Tc: | CPL3 |
Type: | Private |
Operator: | Chris Williams |
Location: | Kars, Ontario, Canada |
Timezone: | EST |
Summer: | EDT |
Elevation-F: | 286 |
Coordinates: | 45.1°N -113°W |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ottawa#Canada |
Pushpin Label: | CPL3 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ottawa |
R1-Number: | 08/26 |
R1-Length-F: | 1,800 |
R1-Surface: | Turf |
Footnotes: | Source: Canada Flight Supplement |
Rideau Valley Air Park is a registered aerodrome located 3NM south of Kars, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the shore of the Rideau River. The aerodrome has a single 1800by grass runway, and serves mainly ultralight and glider traffic.
Rideau Valley Soaring is a gliding club that operates from the Kars/Rideau Valley Air park on a regular basis during the soaring season (April-October). The club members fly both private and club aircraft. The gliding club owns a Grob 103, Schleicher ASK 21 and Schweizer SGS 2-33 training gliders, plus Schweizer 1-34 and Rolladen-Schneider LS4 single-seaters. The club also has two tow planes, a Bellanca Citabria and a Piper PA-25 Pawnee.[1] [2]