Smiths Falls-Montague Airport

Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport
IATA: YSH ICAO: CYSH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Town of Smiths Falls and the Township of Montague
Operator	Smith Falls Flying Club & APM
Location	Smiths Falls, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	418 ft / 127 m
Coordinates	44°56′45″N 075°56′25″W
Website	Smith Falls Flying Club
Map
CYSH Location in Ontario CYSH CYSH (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 3,998 1,219 Asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, (IATA: YSH, ICAO: CYSH), is a registered aerodrome located about 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) east of the town of Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada. The airport and airspace are not controlled, but published instrument approaches are available to both runway 06 (NDB) and 24 (GPS).

The airport is operated by the Smiths Falls Flying Club, and is registered with Transport Canada. The Smiths Falls Flying Club operates a flight training unit with three Cessna 172 airplanes, and there is 100LL avgas available 24 hours via a self-serve credit card system. There are no landing, ramp or tie-down fees. Surface level aerobatics are frequently conducted over the paved runway 06/24.

Technical information

General

• Magnetic variation: 14° west

Runway

• Runway 06/24: 3,998 ft × 75 ft (1,219 m × 23 m), paved, lighted (ARCAL 122.9 MHz), abbreviated PAPI approach lighting at both ends

Communications

• UNICOM/ATF: Smiths Falls Unicom/Traffic, 122.7 MHz

Navigation aid

• NDB: Smiths Falls (YSH), 334 kHz (low power), 3.7 NM (6.9 km; 4.3 mi) 062° to airport

See also

• List of airports in the Ottawa area

External links

• Official web site