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| Airport Name | Cold Lake (CFB Cold Lake / 4 Wing) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Airport Category |
PPR - Prior Permission Required Department of National Defence Military Airport |
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| Nearest Community | Cold Lake, one mile east of the airport | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Province: | ALBERTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Listed in Canada Flight Supplement | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Airport ident. | CYOD | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Appears on a VFR Navigation Chart | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Airport Elevation | 1775 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Magnetic Variation | 18E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Surface | all runways are asphalt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Night Flying | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Maintained Year Round | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio Communications | ATIS 260.0 UHF only; Tower 126.2; ground 121.9; terminal 124.5; arrival 119.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone on the Airport | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Customs Airport Entry | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CANPASS | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fees on Private Aircraft |
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| Comments About Fees: | We practiced a PAR one day and asked to do a touch and go. They said there would be a landing fee if we did that. We skipped it.
Private aircraft are most welcome at the regional airport with no fees there, and friendly folk. |
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| Date of Fuel Prices | 0000-00-00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fuel/Dealers *(include Telephone Numbers) |
F-34 only - no avgas available | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Airport Management | Department of National Defence / 4 Wing Tel: 780-840-8000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Airport Web Site | http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/4wing/about_us/index_e.asp | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other General Aviation Services on the Airport |
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| Hotels/Motels with pick up at Airport *(include Telephone Numbers) |
1. Frontier Inn, 780-639-3030
2. Lakeland Inn, 780-594-3311 3. El-Lobo, 780-594-7521 |
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| Bed & Breakfasts with pick up at Airport *(include Telephone Numbers) |
1. Harbour House Bed and Breakfast, 780-639-2337 - Recommended!
2. Lakeshore Inn Bed and Breakfast, 780-639-0000 3. Karen’s By The Beach, 780-639-2956 |
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| Restaurants on the airport or nearby *(include Telephone Numbers) |
Canteen in #1 hangar is okay if you like French fries | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Camping Airport grounds: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Washrooms | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nearest COPA Flight | COLD LAKE/BONNYVILLE, Flight 90: 2001, John Vardy 4014-38 Street, Bonnyville AB T9N 2K2 jvardy@telusplanet.net Tel: 780- 826-2132 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Local Aviation Associations & Telephone Numbers | COLD LAKE SOARING CLUB
5101 - 60 Street Cold Lake, AB T9M 1T3 (780) 594-2171 http://clsc.homestead.com/ |
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| Remarks | All DND aerodromes are "PPR Only" so call ahead permission to use this facility. NOTE: Since 9/11 permission for civil aircraft to use DND aerodromes has been routinely refused.
A good alternate airport to CFB Cold Lake is Cold Lake Regional airport which has 24 hr self-serve avgas. See http://www.copanational.org/PlacesToFly/airport_view.php?pr_id=2&ap_id=16 Customs is available for military flights only. No CANPASS. See CFS for VTPC procedures. CAUTION for extensive high density military traffic, especially during the spring during the annual military Maple Flag exercises. Control zone is a rather large round zone of 11 nm diameter, Class "D" airspace. General location map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=N+54+24+18+W+110+16+46&ll=54.406143,-110.280762&spn=5.808504,21.75293 Google satelitte photo: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=N+54+24+18+W+110+16+46&ll=54.405044,-110.279388&spn=0.045362,0.169945&t=k Wikipedia airport and base page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFB_Cold_Lake Wikipedia community page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Lake%2C_Alberta |
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| Local Tourism Contacts & Telephone Numbers | Official City website http://www.coldlake.com/
http://www.shop-alberta.com/cold-lake.htm http://www.pinetreeline.org/travel11.html |
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| Local Activities, Sights & Events of Interest to Visitors | Cold Lake is located 287 km (180 miles) northeast of Edmonton, 170 km (107 miles) north of Lloydminster, and 600 km (373 miles) northeast of Calgary.
There is a Wikipedia article about the town of Cold Lake at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Lake%2C_Alberta and about the base at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFB_Cold_Lake Activities: 1. CFB Cold Lake, Maple Flag, 780-594-1256 2. Franks Marina, boat rental and charter, offers fishing boats and 25’ mirage sailboat charter/rental. 780-639-3535 3. CFB Cold Lake, open to public, has public viewing area adjacent to Runway 13-31, for jet watching 4. Grand Centre Golf and Country Club, 9 holes, grass greens, 780-594-2121 5. Palm Springs Golf Club, on CFB Cold Lake, open to public, 18 holes, grass greens. 780-594-5341 6. Hook, Line and Sinker Fishing, tours 780-639-3474 7. Cold Lake Campground, 780-639-4121 8. Warners World Amusement Park, 780-594-7241 |
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| Date Submitted On: | 2007-04-15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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