Cartierville Airport
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Cartierville Airport (formerly IATA: YCV, ICAO: CYCV) was an airport in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, now a borough of Montreal. The airport (Bois-Franc Field when it opened in 1911 and during World War I) was decommissioned in 1988 and turned into the Bois-Franc neighbourhood. It was located next to Route 117 (now Boul. Marcel Laurin, formerly Laurentian Blvd.) and the terminal buildings were accessed via Boul. Henri-Bourassa (formerly Rue Bois Franc), near the present Bois-Franc Train Station on the Deux Montagnes Commuter Rail Line.[1]
As the 10/28
In 1928
Prior to Bombardier's acquisition of Canadair, Canadair had already acquired title to the airport, and had initiated a subdivision development planning.[2]
Among the aircraft test-flown there was the Canadair CL-84 Dynavert tilt-wing VTOL airplane.[3]
See also
- List of abandoned airports in Canada
- Leaside Aerodrome
- Armoury Heights Field
Notes
- Before becoming an airfield, it was the site of the Bois-Franc Pologrounds.
- Before the First World War, Cartierville Airport was first known as Bois-Franc Field.
- RAF pilot Captain Brian Peck flew the first airmail flight in Canada from Bois-Franc Field to Toronto's Leaside Field in 1918, carrying 120 letters.[4]
- In 1955, an effort by the MP for Saint-Laurent was made to rename the airport as Saint-Laurent Airport.[5]
- On July 27, 1960, a Pan Am 707, bound for Dorval Airport in Montreal, Quebec, mistakenly landed at Cartierville.[6]
- The first CL-600 Canadair Challenger bizjet took flight on November 8, 1978 from the airport.[7]
- Before being decommissioned, Cartierville was the oldest continuously used flying field in Canada. It was first used in June 1911.[8]
Airport statistics
- Runway length: 8,792 ft (2,680 m).
- Runway elevation: 120 ft (36.6 m).
- WAC: 906
References
- Notes
- ^ "Bois-Franc." Archived 2005-03-06 at the Wayback Machine City of Montreal: Burrough of Saint-Laurent, June 2005. Retrieved: 31 October 2010.
- ^ Gazdag, D. and L. "Potential Use of Tiltrotor Aircraft in Canadian Aviation." NASA. 1990.
- ^ "Canadians Test Prototype Of Vertical-Take-Off Plane." New York Times via Canadian Press, 8 May 1965.
- ^ Pigott 2002
- ^ "House of Commons Debates: Official Report." Government of Canada, 1955.
- ^ "Jet Lands Safely at Wrong Airport." New York Times, 28 July 1960.
- ^ "Bombardier celebrates 20th anniversary of Challenger first flight." Bombardier Aerospace, November 18, 1998.
- ^ Molson 1990
- Bibliography
- Molson, Kenneth M. "Cartierville: Canada's Oldest Airport." The Journal of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society, Volume 28, Winter 1990. ISSN 1207-1978.
- Pigott, Peter. Wings Across Canada. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2002. ISBN 1-55002-412-4.
External links
- Cartierville Airport Zoning Regulations (Transport Canada)
- Photo of Cartierville Airport, when it was still an airport
- Bois-Franc subdivision project by Bombardier
- Accident history for YCV: Cartierville Airport at Aviation Safety Network
- Cartierville - Montreal's old VFR airport