Timmins/Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome

Timmins/Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome, formerly TC LID: CPW5, was a water aerodrome located adjacent to Timmins, Ontario, Canada on Porcupine Lake.

Timmins/Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorRatcliff Aircraft Ltd.
ServesTimmins
LocationTimmins, Ontario
Time zoneEST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST)EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL900 ft / 274 m
Coordinates48°29′N 081°12′W
Websitehttp://ratcliffair.com/
Map
CPW5 is located in Ontario
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CPW5
Location in Ontario
CPW5 is located in Canada
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CPW5 (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
n/a n/a n/a Water

Tenants

The aerodrome's only tenant was Ratcliff Aircraft Limited (serviced float planes since 1985).[2] The company owned the hangar and parking facilities.

A wooden ramp allowed floatplanes to dock and passengers to disembark. Additional floatplanes were stored on the grass next to the dock.

On December 7, 2015, a fire destroyed the hangar, along with several aircraft and equipment in the facility for winter storage.[3]

Transportation

The aerodrome was located on Lakeview Drive between Bruce and Golden Avenues.

See also

References
  1. Nav Canada's Water Aerodrome Supplement. Effective 0901Z 26 March 2020 to 0901Z 22 April 2021.
  2. Ratcliff Air Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Fire razes Ratcliff Aircraft in South Porcupine, owner taken to hospital". CBC News. 2015-12-08. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25.



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