Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport is a registered aerodrome located about east of the town of Smiths Falls,

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, Canada. The airport is operated by the Smiths Falls Flying Club, and is registered with

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. The Smiths Falls Flying Club operates a flight training unit with three

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airplanes, and there is 100LL

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available 24 hours via a self-serve credit card system. There are no landing, ramp or tie-down fees. Surface level aerobatics are frequently conducted over the paved runway 06/24.

Technical information

General

* Magnetic variation: 14° west

Runway

* Runway 06/24: , paved, lighted (

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122.9 MHz), abbreviated PAPI approach lighting at both ends

Communications

* UNICOM/ATF: Smiths Falls Unicom/Traffic, 122.7 MHz

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