Kars/Rideau Valley Air Park Explained

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.

Users

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rideau Valley Soaring - Welcome. Tim Forbes. rvss.ca. 20 July 2015.
  2. Web site: Club aircraft. 1 November 2020. Rideau Valley Soaring . rvss.ca. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812212547/http://www.rvss.ca/index.php/the-club/club-aircraft. 12 August 2020. live.