Brampton-Caledon Airport is a privately owned
general aviation
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airport in
Caledon, near
Brampton
Brampton ( or ) is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Brampton is a city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a lower-tier municipality within Peel Region. The city has a population of 656,480 as of the 2021 Census, making it ...
,
Ontario
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, Canada, northwest of
Toronto
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.
The club and airport was established in 1946 and occupies of land. The airport consists of two paved runways, a
flight school
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills.
Flight training can be conducted under a str ...
building,
terminal building, aircraft service and maintenance facilities and 25 storage
hangar
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s. It is the busiest uncontrolled airport in Canada by number of flights.
History
The Brampton Flying Club first opened the airfield in 1946 on farmland and replaced a series of earlier landing strips near Highway 7 (Stan Archdekin Strip, Fallis Strip, Rankin Kellum Strip, First Line West and Ontario Department of Agriculture Field) built around 1945.
Tenants
* Brampton Flying Club - also owners of airport
* Great War Flying Museum
* Brampton Airport Flight Training School
* Brampton Flight College
* Humphrey's Pilot Shop
* Wings Flight Grille Restaurant
* 892 (Snowy Owl) Squadron -
Royal Canadian Air Cadets
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See also
*
List of airports in the Greater Toronto Area
The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) contains ten airports, eight heliports, and one water aerodrome. These aviation facilities are situated within and around Toronto and its neighbouring cities, serving airline passengers, regional air travel and co ...
References
External links
Brampton Flying Club official websitePage about this airporton
COPA's ''Places to Fly'' airport directory
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Certified airports in Ontario
Transport in Brampton