Maple Airport Explained

Maple Airport
Type:Private
Owner:Dr. Philip Macfarlane
Maple Flying Club
Great Pine Ridge Developments
Neiltown Air Limited
Operator:Maple Flying Club
Great Pine Ridge Developments
Neiltown Air Limited
Location:Maple, Ontario, Canada
Timezone:EST
Summer:EDT
Coordinates:43.8433°N -79.5269°W
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Label:Maple Airport
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ontario
R1-Length-F:3,700
R1-Length-M:1,100
R1-Surface:Asphalt (originally grass)
R2-Length-F:2,500
R2-Length-M:760
R2-Surface:Asphalt (originally grass)

Maple Airport was a small airfield in the Township of Vaughan (now a city) in York Region, Ontario, Canada that was open from 1955 until 1987. The airport, established by Marion Alice Orr, one of Canada's first women pilots, consisted of two runways in an X pattern; and . The early runway were grass strip and paved over in 1980.

At one point, the Maple Airport was the third-busiest private commercial and civilian airport in Canada not to have a control tower.

The urbanization of Vaughan and the Maple area led to the closure of the airport in 1987.

Nothing remains of the airport today, which is now the site of a housing development and Le Petite Prince Catholic Elementary School. A small park in the neighbourhood, on Avro Road, was named Maple Airport Park in honour of the former airport.

Buildings

The early buildings of the airport were the farmhouse and barn from the original owners. Tie-down hangars were added, but no permanent airport structures were built.

Tenants

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