Woodcock Airport
Appearance
Woodcock Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | M. Malott R. MacKillop | ||||||||||
Location | Woodcock, British Columbia | ||||||||||
Time zone | PST (UTC−08:00) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 537 ft / 164 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 55°04′N 128°14′W / 55.067°N 128.233°W | ||||||||||
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Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] |
Woodcock Airport, (TC LID: CBQ8), is an abandoned airstrip located 3.8 nautical miles (7.0 km; 4.4 mi) northeast of Cedarvale, British Columbia, Canada. Built in the 1940s by the RCAF as a detachment of RCAF Air Station Smithers, the airstrip was briefly maintained as an emergency airstrip after the end of WWII. In 1969, the Terrace Skydiving Club took over maintenance and used it until 2004, when the club re-located to Beaverley Airport.[2] The runway had been overgrown by vegetation[3] until May 2019, when the BC General Aviation association staged a cleanup event.[2]
Media Appearances
The airstrip featured in episode 6 of LoadingReadyRun's Road Quest.[3] [non-primary source needed]
References
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ a b https://www.bcaviation.ca/bcga-news/woodcock-airstrip-clean-up-great-idea-make-it-happen
- ^ a b "A Lineage of Jets || Road Quest Ep6". Segment 19:14 to 36:55. Retrieved 08 Jan 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6xILrbZkVw