Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport

Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none TC LID: CPU6
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	First Nations Technical Institute
Location	Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	260 ft / 79 m
Coordinates	44°11′05″N 077°06′28″W
Map
CPU6 Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 4,270 1,301 Asphalt 15/33 2,575 785 Asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport (TC LID: CPU6) is a registered aerodrome that is open to the public and caters mainly to general aviation. The aerodrome is located in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southwest of Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada, north of the Bay of Quinte between Kingston and Belleville.

History

Originally known as Deseronto Airport, the field opened in 1917 as a training school for pilots during World War I. During World War II, it hosted the No. 1 Instrument Navigation School for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, providing advanced instrument-navigation training to air crews.

The aerodrome is currently the site of the First Nations Technical Institute and the First Nations Flying School.

External links

• Airport home page
• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory