Fort Macleod Airport

Fort Macleod Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none TC LID: CEY3
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Town of Fort Macleod
Location	Fort Macleod, Alberta
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	3,138 ft / 956 m
Coordinates	49°42′N 113°25′W
Map
CEY3 Location in Alberta
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 3,000 914 Asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Fort Macleod Airport, (TC LID: CEY3), is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southwest of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.

History

Fort Macleod Airport was originally RCAF Station Fort Macleod, a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facility located near the west end of Fort MacLeod. It was the location of No. 7 Service Flying Training School which began operation December 9, 1940. A relief landing field was located at Granum. The school closed November 17, 1944, as did RCAF Detachment Granum.

RCAF Stn Fort Macleod had 3 runways in a triangle configuration, i.e. three runways forming an equilateral triangle. All of these runways were abandoned but can be seen clearly in aerial photography. Many wartime RCAF training stations had a triangle configuration in order to allow for a wide range of wind directions. The modern runway 06/24 is not one of the original runways. It was an entirely new runway constructed approximately parallel to one of the existing runways but cutting across the other two near their apex.

References

• Bruce Forsyth's Canadian Military History Page

External links

• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
• BCATP Fort Macleod