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Brampton-Caledon Airport (TC LID: CNC3) is a privately owned general aviation airport in Caledon, near Brampton, Ontario, Canada, northwest of Toronto.

Brampton-Caledon Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none TC LID: CNC3
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Brampton Flying
Location	Caledon, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	936 ft / 285 m
Coordinates	43°45′35″N 079°52′26″W
Website	www.bramptonflightcentre.com/
Map
CNC3 Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 3,500 1,067 Asphalt/turf 08/26 2,500 762 Asphalt/turf
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]

The club and airport was established in 1946 and occupies 240 acres (0.97 km²) of land. The airport consists of two paved runways, a flight school building, terminal building, aircraft service and maintenance facilities and 25 storage hangars. It is the busiest uncontrolled airport in Canada by number of flights.

History

The Brampton Flying Club first opened the airfield in 1946 on farmland and replaced a series of earlier landing strips near Highway 7 (Stan Archdekin Strip, Fallis Strip, Rankin Kellum Strip, First Line West and Ontario Department of Agriculture Field) built around 1945.[2]

Tenants

• Brampton Flying Club - also owners of airport
• Great War Flying Museum
• Brampton Airport Flight Training School
• Brampton Flight College
• Humphrey's Pilot Shop
• Wings Flight Grille Restaurant
• 892 (Snowy Owl) Squadron - Royal Canadian Air Cadets

See also

• List of airports in the Greater Toronto Area

References

External links

• Brampton Flying Club official website
• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory

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