Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport

Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport
IATA: XBR – ICAO: none – TC LID: CNL3
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Brock Air Services
Location	Brockville, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	404 ft / 123 m
Coordinates	44°38′22″N 075°45′01″W / 44.63944°N 75.75028°WCoordinates: 44°38′22″N 075°45′01″W / 44.63944°N 75.75028°W
Website	www.brockvilleairport.com
Map
CNL3 Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 4,505 1,373 Asphalt 16/34 2,203 671 Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft movements 1,761
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Movements from Statistics Canada[2]

Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport (IATA: XBR, TC LID: CNL3), also known as Brockville Municipal Airport,^[3] is a registered aerodrome located in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township, 4.8 nautical miles (8.9 km; 5.5 mi) northwest of the city of Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

This aerodrome is named after George Tackaberry, the owner of the company that re-surfaced and extended the runway and surrounding area in 2004.

The aerodrome has gliding activity for three weekends in the fall and three weekends in spring. This is done through the air cadets with glider pilots who either instruct at, or graduated from the glider pilot scholarship. (GPS) (a six-week summer course which after completion candidates receive their glider pilot licence.) More specifically EOGC (Eastern Ontario Gliding Centre), which for the remainder of the spring and fall seasons operate out of Mountainview airport (CPZ3) near Trenton Ontario bring two gliders and one tow plane to Brockville for the three weekends.

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
2. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
3. Brockville - 1000 Islands Regional Tackaberry Airport (official web site)

External links

• Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport (official web site)
• Accident history for XBR at Aviation Safety Network