🇨🇦 Pembroke Airport

The Pembroke & Area Airport (CYTA), located in Petawawa, Ontario, Canada, is a publicly-owned, certified airport that serves as a vital hub for the Ottawa Valley's aviation community,. It is the only certified airport between Carp and North Bay,.

Type of facility and operations:

• Operations: The airport operates 24/7, year-round, and is open to the public,,. It handles close to 5,000 aircraft movements annually.
• Services: It supports medevac services (Ornge – Air Ambulance), military exercises (Department of National Defence, Garrison Petawawa), business aviation, and recreational flying,. Other users include the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (for firefighting and resource management), Ontario Provincial Police, and various businesses and tourists.
• Facilities: The airport features a 5,000 x 100 ft. asphalt runway (Runway 17/35), a full-length paved taxiway, and a full-service terminal building with a ramp for parking,,. Fuel (100LL, JA-1), oil, and minor/major repairs are available. It does not have a control tower.

Notable features or history:

• The airport's 5,000-foot runway is one of the longest in Eastern Ontario. The first 4,000 feet of the runway were paved in 1968, with the remaining 1,000 feet paved in 1986.
• It is overseen and publicly owned by a Commission comprising the Town of Petawawa, the Township of Laurentian Valley, the City of Pembroke, the Town of Deep River, the Township of Whitewater Region, the Town of Laurentian Hills, and Garrison Petawawa.

Current status:

• The airport has launched a "Project Runway" fundraising campaign to repave its 5,000-foot runway, seeking to raise $1.25 million by "selling" a foot of runway for $250,.

*Sources researched: flycyta.ca, airnav.com, petawawa.ca, lvtownship.ca, skyvector.com*