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
Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 2,230 680 Turf

Planes land on turf in summer and on ice and snow in winter. A small hangar and refuelling tanks are the few structures at the airport.

Accident

On August 1, 2008 at around 9:45am a small plane crashed near the airport.[2] Both people in the plane died. One was the airport owner and manager and the other is unknown.[3] Emergency services attended the scene and left by 11am. The crash scene was near the intersection of Durham Regional Road 47 and Highway 12.[3]

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References
  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. "Two dead in small plane crash at Uxbridge airport". ctvtoronto.ca. CTV Television Network. 2008-01-01. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  3. Hayward, Jeff (2008-01-01). "Crash kills Greenbank airport owner". newsdurhamregion.com. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 2008-08-05.



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