Airport type Private Elevation AMSL 718 ft / 219 m Elevation 218 m Phone +1 705-428-3112 | Operator Edenvale A/D Website www.edenflight.com Province Ontario | |
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Similar Barrie Flying Club, Collingw Regional Airport, Future Air, Genesis Flight Centre, Bistro 26 | ||
Edenvale airport
Edenvale Airport, (TC LID: CNV8), is located 2.8 nautical miles (5.2 km; 3.2 mi) west of Edenvale, Ontario, Canada.
Contents
- Edenvale airport
- RCAF and World War II Airfield 1940 1946
- Civilian Use 1950 1959
- Canadian Army 1962 1988
- Civilian Use 2002 present
- References
RCAF and World War II Airfield 1940-1946
From 1940 to 1945 it was known as RCAF Detachment Edenvale (No. 1 Relief Landing Field) as an emergency relief field supporting Camp Borden and used by the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan's No. 1 Service Flying Training School. After 1946 the RCAF buildings at Edenvale were demolished and the site abandoned.
Civilian Use 1950-1959
In 1950 the airport became a civilian aerodrome, but for almost a decade it was mostly used as race car events. and referred to as Stayner or Edenvale Raceway. It was abandoned again in 1959.
Canadian Army 1962-1988
The Canadian Army took over the site in 1962 and referred to as Edenvale Transmitter Station Bunker, a remote radio communications station to support the Cold War effort (see Emergency Government Headquarters). The military close the station in 1988 and left by 1994. The site's bunker, a twin of the Diefenbunker in Ottawa was sealed off in 2005.
Civilian Use 2002-present
Since 2002, the airfield has operated as a private civilian aerodrome.
At the northeast end of the airfield is an ex-Czechoslovakian MiG-15bisSB on static display.