Edenvale Airport

Edenvale Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none TC LID: CNV8
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Edenvale A/D
Location	Edenvale, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	718 ft / 219 m
Coordinates	44°26′20″N 079°57′55″W
Website	www.edenflight.com
Map
CNV8 Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 3,014 919 Asphalt 13/31 3,936 1,200 Asphalt 17/35 1,900 579 Turf
Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Edenvale Airport, (TC LID: CNV8), is located 2.8 nautical miles (5.2 km; 3.2 mi) west of Edenvale, Ontario, Canada.

History

RCAF and World War II Airfield 1940-1946

From 1940 to 1945 it was known as RCAF Detachment Edenvale (No. 1 Relief Landing Field) as an emergency relief field supporting Camp Borden and used by the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan's No. 1 Service Flying Training School. After 1946 the RCAF buildings at Edenvale were demolished and the site abandoned.

Civilian Use 1950-1959

In 1950 the airport became a civilian aerodrome, but for almost a decade it was mostly used as race car events. and referred to as Stayner or Edenvale Raceway. It was abandoned again in 1959.

Canadian Army 1962-1988

The Canadian Army took over the site in 1962 and referred to as Edenvale Transmitter Station Bunker, a remote radio communications station to support the Cold War effort (see Emergency Government Headquarters). The military close the station in 1988 and left by 1994. The site's bunker, a twin of the Diefenbunker in Ottawa was sealed off in 2005.

Civilian Use 2002-present

Since 2002, the airfield has operated as a private civilian aerodrome.

At the northeast end of the airfield is an ex-Czechoslovakian MiG-15bisSB on static display.

External links

• Edenvale Aerodrome
• Edenvale Flyers RC Aircraft club
• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory