Amherst Airport
is an abandoned
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
that was located west of
Amherst Amherst may refer to:
People
* Amherst (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Earl Amherst of Arracan in the East Indies, a title in the British Peerage; formerly ''Baron Amherst''
* Baron Amherst of Hackney of the City of London, ...
,
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
, Canada. It was a small turf airstrip, located perpendicular to
Highway 104
Route 104, or Highway 104, may refer to:
Brazil
* BR-104
Canada
* New Brunswick Route 104
* Nova Scotia Highway 104 (Trans-Canada Highway)
* Prince Edward Island Route 104
* Quebec Route 104
China
* China National Highway 104
Costa Rica
* ...
opposite the Amherst Industrial Park.
History
Aerodrome
In approximately 1942 a Department of Transport Aerodrome was listed at with a Var. 24 degrees W and elevation of . The field was listed as "turf" and had one runway listed as follows:
[Staff Writer c.1942, p. 15]
Current
The airport was listed as abandoned as of 8 June 2006.
References
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Defunct airports in Nova Scotia
Amherst, Nova Scotia
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