Summerside Airport

Summerside Airport
CFB Summerside

Short final, runway 24 in Summerside, PEI
IATA: YSU – ICAO: CYSU
– WMO: 71702
Summary
Airport type public
Operator Slemon Park Corporation
Location Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Time zone AST (UTC−04:00)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC−03:00)
Elevation AMSL 56 ft / 17 m
Coordinates 46°26′26″N 063°50′01″W / 46.44056°N 63.83361°W / 46.44056; -63.83361Coordinates: 46°26′26″N 063°50′01″W / 46.44056°N 63.83361°W / 46.44056; -63.83361
Map
CYSU

Location in Prince Edward Island

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 8,000 2,438 Asphalt

Summerside Airport (IATA: YSU, ICAO: CYSU) is located 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north-northwest of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

History

The airport was formerly a military field, established in 1940 as RCAF Station Summerside, changing its name to CFB Summerside in 1968. The base was active in training aircrews in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during World War II and hosting search and rescue (SAR) and coastal surveillance units during the Cold War. It was closed in 1990 and transferred to a local development authority named Slemon Park Corporation. The base property is now referred to as Slemon Park and the airfield has been named Summerside Airport. The airport is home to several aircraft maintenance companies, as well as a small general aviation community.

The Summerside Airport's airfield and terminal facilities are located in the township of Lot 17 and not in the city of Summerside proper; the municipal boundary is adjacent to the airport property with the city including the residential area of Slemon Park but not the airfield and industrial properties.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
  2. ↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information



This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.