Pendleton Airport

This article is about the airport in Pendleton, Ontario, Canada. For the airport in Pendleton, Oregon, United States, see Eastern Oregon Regional Airport.

Pendleton Airport
A Sinus landing grass runway.
IATA: none – ICAO: none – TC LID: CNF3
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Gatineau Gliding Club
Location	Pendleton, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	260 ft / 79 m
Coordinates
Website	Gatineau Gliding Club
Map
CNF3 Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 2,550 777 Old Asphalt 13/31 2,650 808 Turf 17/35 2,550 777 Old Asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Pendleton Airport, (TC LID: CNF3), is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest of Pendleton, Ontario, Canada, east of Ottawa. The airfield is currently operated by the Gatineau Gliding Club.

History

During the Second World War, Pendleton Airport hosted No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan after the school moved from Hamilton in 1942. The school provided initial pilot training on Tiger Moth and Finch aircraft. While most of the airports involved in the plan have either closed or gone through extensive changes, Pendleton still preserves most of the original character of a BCATP airport: it has the original three short runways arranged in a triangle (though some are in disrepair), and several of the original World War II buildings, including the main hangar.

The Gatineau Gliding Club purchased the airfield from Crown Assets in 1961 and is the owner since then. The Gatineau Gliding Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting motorless flight in Canada.

See also

• List of airports in the Ottawa area.

External links

• Gatineau Gliding Club
• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
• Soaring Association of Canada
• Video: landing at the Pendleton Airport from a motor-glider cockpit