Greenbank Airport

Greenbank Airport (TC LID: CNP8) is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Greenbank in Scugog, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.

Greenbank Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGreenbank Airways Limited
LocationGreenbank, Ontario
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL975 ft / 297 m
Coordinates44°08′03″N 079°00′45″W
WebsiteOfficial Website
Map
CNP8 is located in Ontario
CNP8
CNP8
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 2,700 823 Turf
03/21 1,900 579 Turf

Runways

Planes land on turf in summer and on ice and snow in winter.

Facilities

Two small hangars (providing limited storage at the airfield), airport office (converted farm house) and refuelling tanks are the few structures at the airport. The airport offers either Avgas or Mogas.

Tenants
  • Aviator Academy - sightseeing flights, flight training

Controversies

The Township of Scugog filed claims of illegal dumping by GFL Environmental has resulted in nearby soil contamination from 2012 to 2015.[3] The claim believes the numbered Ontario company is owned by GFL and using it to transport soil from their Pickering site.

Accident

On August 1, 2008 at around 9:45am a small plane crashed near the airport.[4] Both people in the plane died. One was the airport owner and manager and the other is unknown.[5] Emergency services attended the scene and left by 11am. The crash scene was near the intersection of Durham Regional Road 47 and Highway 12.[5]

References
  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. "Greenbank Airport".
  3. "Scugog launches $105 million dollar lawsuit against Greenbank airport site | Lakeridge Citizens for Clean Water".
  4. "Two dead in small plane crash at Uxbridge airport". ctvtoronto.ca. CTV Television Network. 2008-01-01. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  5. Hayward, Jeff (2008-01-01). "Crash kills Greenbank airport owner". newsdurhamregion.com. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
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