Maple Airport was a small airfield in the Township of
Vaughan
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(now a city) in
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, Canada that was open from 1955 until 1987. The airport, established by
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, one of Canada's first women pilots, consisted of two runways in an X pattern; and . The early runway were grass strip and paved over in 1960.
At one point, the Maple Airport was the third-busiest private commercial and civilian airport in Canada not to have a control tower.
The urbanization of Vaughan and the
Maple
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area led to the closure of the airport in 1987.
Nothing remains of the airport today, which is now the site of a housing development and Le Petite Prince Catholic Elementary School. A small park in the neighbourhood, on
Avro
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Road, was named Maple Airport Park in honour of the former airport.
Buildings
The early buildings of the airport were the farmhouse and barn from the original owners. Tie-down hangars were added, but no permanent airport structures were built.
Tenants
* Maple Flying Club
* Gillies Flying Service
* Maple Air Services Ltd.
* Neiltown Air Limited
* Auberge Maple Inn - restaurant
See also
*
List of airports in the Greater Toronto Area
*
List of abandoned airports in Canada
This is an alphabetical list of abandoned airports in Canada that were at one time important enough to warrant an article. Most of these also appear in :Defunct airports in Canada. This list is sorted by province or territory.
Alberta
List of ai ...
References
Maple Creek PSBruce Forsyth's Military History Page
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Defunct airports in Ontario
Transport in Vaughan