Rideau Valley Air Park (TC LID: CPL3) is a registered aerodrome located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Kars, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the shore of the Rideau River. The aerodrome has a single 1,800 by 100 ft (549 by 30 m) grass runway, and serves mainly ultralight and glider traffic.[1]
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | Chris Williams | ||||||||||
| Location | Kars, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 286 ft / 87 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°06′N 075°38′W / 45.100°N 75.633°W | ||||||||||
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  CPL3 Location in Ottawa  CPL3 CPL3 (Canada) | |||||||||||
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Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] | |||||||||||
Users
editRideau 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.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ Tim Forbes. "Rideau Valley Soaring - Welcome". rvss.ca. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ Rideau Valley Soaring. "Club aircraft". rvss.ca. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.