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SUNDRE AIRPORT: AIRPORT INFO RE A DISASTER SCENE

W ½ 29-32-5-5
Rural Address: 32453 Range Road 55
Mountain View County

The Sundre Airport is a VFR airport and listed in the CANADA FLIGHT SUPPLEMENT.

A proposed GPS Overlay for Sundre Airport is being organized by the Sundre Flying Club (an Alberta non-profit society) which will allow aircraft to arrive and depart when the weather is marginal.
For information contact Alf Bicknell, #2 Hangar, Sundre Airport,
Phone (403) 638-9001, Cell: (403) 638-7628 or by E-Mail at anbic@telus.net.

The Sundre Airport is:

	"Uncontrolled", VFR at the present time, day & night
	GPS let-down: published on September 1, 2005, in NAV CANADA R-CAP, earliest approval by TRANSPORT CANADA is October 27, 2005
	4285 feet, Runway 14-32, hard surface capable of supporting aircraft up to 50,000 lbs. Lit by ARCAL for the full length with Centre-line white lights at each end.
	No landing fees.
	Open 24 hours and the Terminal Building has washrooms and pay phone
	AVGAS 100LL available through the Sundre Flying Club (403) 638-2214 or 638-9001
	Accessible to taxi, hospital & ambulance, hotels and restaurants in the Town of Sundre 4.8 km NE
	Owned by Mountain View County (403) 335-3311 and managed by the five-member County-appointed Sundre Airport Committee
	Aircraft that are 50,000 lb and below: Beech: 100, 200, 300, 350, 1900, All turbo-props. Convair: Convair 240, 340, 440, 580 Curtiss Wright: C-46 Curtiss Commando DeHavilland: Dash - 8, Twin Otter, Buffalo Doublas: DC-3 Grumman: G-1 Lockheed: Electra, Hercules (in winter while ground is frozen) Pure Jet: Cessna Citation Ultra, Lear Jet.

For information on the Sundre Airport or Sundre Flying Club, contact President Sheldon Valentine by phone at 403-648-4857, or by E-Mail at shensltd@telusplanet.net.

News from the Sundre Flying Club

The Sundre Flying Club's annual Christmas Dinner, hosted by President, Sheldon Valentine and Carla Valentine, on November 25, 2006, in the Coyote Creek Golf Clubhouse adjacent to the Sundre Airport, welcomed COPA Director for Alberta and the North West Territories, Sherry Cooper, Sky Wings Aviation, Red Deer, to honour Norman Cummins for his long time dedication to the Sundre Airport by presenting the Certificate of the new COPA Flight 146 Sundre Alberta to Norman as Captain along with son James Cummins as Co-Captain.

The Sundre Flying Club is registered with the Alberta Non-profit Society as the Mountain View Pilots and Flying Association but it has been known as "The Sundre Flying Club" since the early 1950's.

The Certificate reads:

COPA
CANADIAN OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION
This is to certify that
COPA Flight No. 146
Sundre, Alberta

has been organized in accordance with the pertinent bylaws of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association as approved by the Board of Directors of said Association for the purpose of achieving, through the joint efforts of the COPA members involved, the maximum potential growth and development of general aviation in Canada.
Dated: August 16, 2006 Signed by President & CEO: Kevin Psutka

Photo by Wayne Bumphrey, Sundre Flying Club

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