Bromont Airport
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| An Ask 21 Sailplane turning to final for grass landing runway 23L. | |||
| IATA: ZBM – ICAO: CZBM | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Régie Aéroportuaire Régionale des Cantons de l'Est | ||
| Location | Bromont, Quebec | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 375 ft / 114 m | ||
| Coordinates | 45°17′27″N 072°44′31″W / 45.29083°N 72.74194°WCoordinates: 45°17′27″N 072°44′31″W / 45.29083°N 72.74194°W | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 05/23 | 5,000 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Aircraft movements | 5,607 | ||
| Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Movements from Statistics Canada.[2] |
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Bromont Airport (IATA: ZBM, ICAO: CZBM) is located 3.4 NM (6.3 km; 3.9 mi) west southwest of Bromont, Quebec, Canada.
Traffic at Bromont Airport is represented mainly by small single engine aircraft, jets and big aircraft are not seen everyday. The airport serves general aviation and has no scheduled flights.
It should be the ideal place for sporty aviation, there is a school that operates three classic light single engine aircraft, Cessna 150, Cessna 172 and Piper Cherokee. The Royal Canadian Air Cadets fly time tested, Schweizer SGS 2-33 gliders with tow plane, O-1 Bird Dog (Cessna L-19), during spring and late summer camps dedicated to introduction flights for kids and during summer to take young student pilots to solo flight and glider pilot license. A commercial aircraft maintenance also operates in ZBM.
The ACE Glider Club is based at Bromont Airport, glider and soaring flight operations normally span from April to October. Glider flight operations take place only from the grass runway and are frequently canceled because of wet and muddy conditions, therefore unsafe conditions of the grass runway. It is not permitted in ZBM to operate gliders on the asphalt runway.
However during spring 2007, work started on the construction of a 2,000 × 25 ft (610 × 8 m) asphalt runway that will permit optimum glider operations which is now 5,000 × 100 ft (1,524 × 30 m). Gliders will be able to take off behind tow from the new runway and land on grass, after landing glider will be in positions for the next take off.
The last decades of the 20th century have seen a progressive decline of private pilot flights and a decreasing number of small aircraft. The fleet of this region is aging and very few new aircraft are seen. This is because of the increasing cost. The possibility to fly ultralight, hang gliders and paragliders attracts many flight enthusiast.
From Bromont Airport it is possible to soar the cold front wave, when the meteorological conditions are favorable, with a good performance sailplane, it is possible to get airborne and get into a steady lift of more than 500 ft/min (152 m/min), over very wide areas. With such condition one can fly a glider straight at speeds over 180 km/h (112 mph) without losing altitude, making sure not to exceed maximum rough air speed limits in such conditions.
Bromont Airport cold front wave is very predictable, the special meteorological pattern can be spotted before 1200 UTC time, and it repeats itself 63 percent of the time with onsetting cold fronts.
The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 December 2011 to 0901Z 9 February 2012
- ^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
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