Chatham-Kent Airport
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Chatham-Kent Airport, , is located 6 NM southeast of Chatham-Kent
Chatham-Kent, Ontario
Chatham–Kent is a unitary authority in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Mostly rural, its centres of population are Blenheim, Chatham, Dresden, Ridgetown, Tilbury and Wallaceburg. Modern Chatham–Kent was created in 1998 by the merger of Kent County and its municipalities.- History :The former city of...

, Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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The Chatham-Kent Municipal Airport is owned and operated by the Municipality of Chatham-Kent. The airport is managed by Z3 Aviation. Several local pilots and businesses are tenants at the airport in the various hangar
Hangar
A hangar is a closed structure to hold aircraft or spacecraft in protective storage. Most hangars are built of metal, but other materials such as wood and concrete are also sometimes used...

s.

The airport is operational 9 hours per day, 7 days per week and is capable of supporting both VFR
Visual flight rules
Visual flight rules are a set of regulations which allow a pilot to operate an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going. Specifically, the weather must be better than basic VFR weather minimums, as specified in the rules of the...

) and IFR
Instrument flight rules
Instrument flight rules are one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other are visual flight rules ....

 operations down to 510 ft (155.4 m) and 1+1/2 mi visibility non-precision approach
Instrument approach
For aircraft operating under instrument flight rules , an instrument approach or instrument approach procedure is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing, or to a point...

 limits and departures in visibility down to 1/2 mi.

External links

  • Official site
  • Page about this airport on COPA's
    Canadian Owners and Pilots Association
    The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association is a federally registered not-for-profit association that provides information and advocacy services for Canadian pilots who fly for non-commercial purposes...

    Places to Fly airport directory
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