Carp Airport

Ottawa/Carp Airport

IATA: none – ICAO: CYRP

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner/Operator

West Capital Developments

Location

Carp, Ontario

Time zone

EST (UTC−05:00)

• Summer (DST)

EDT (UTC−04:00)

Elevation AMSL

383 ft / 117 m

Coordinates

45°19′21″N 076°01′20″W / 45.32250°N 76.02222°WCoordinates: 45°19′21″N 076°01′20″W / 45.32250°N 76.02222°W

Website

www.carpairport.ca

Map

CYRP

Location in Ottawa

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10/28	3,936	1,200	Asphalt
04/22	2,205	672	Gravel

Source: Canada Flight Supplement^[1]

Ottawa/Carp Airport ramp

Ottawa/Carp Airport or Carp Airport, (ICAO: CYRP), is located 1.2 nautical miles (2.2 km; 1.4 mi) south of Carp, Ontario, Canada, a small village that is now part of Ottawa. Carp is the only airport in the Ottawa area where private hangar space is readily available, so it is a popular home base for local general aviation pilots.

The airport had been owned by the city of Ottawa until 2005 but was transferred to a private company, West Capital Developments, who plan to build an airport community and industrial park at the airport.

History

RCAF Detachment Carp was constructed as a relief landing field for No.2 Service Flying Training School at RCAF Station Uplands, as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during World War II. The outline of the characteristic three-runway triangle is still visible in the shape of the taxiways, but one of the runways has disappeared, and another (04/22) is gravel-covered and restricted to visual flight rules (VFR) only. Near the airport is the largest of the Canadian Cold War Diefenbunkers, a giant long-term fallout shelter for government and military officials that now serves as a museum.

Tenants

Former

Besides the RCAF, Carp was home to First Air (formerly Bradley Air Services), which at one time had its maintenance facility on this airport.

Current

Carp is the home of Helicopter Transport Services, Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 245, and a flight school, International Pilot Academy.

Accidents and incidents

On 28 January 1974, Douglas C-47B CF-TVK of Bradley Air Services, now First Air, was destroyed in a hangar fire.^[2]

References

↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
↑ "CF-TVK Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 August 2010.

External links

Media related to Carp Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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