OurAirports: Comments on Fredericton Airport

[CYFC] "Early History" by Anonymous Flier

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:44:57 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Fredericton Airport, Canada:

First Airline service was as early as Apr. 1951. Maritime Central Airways (MCA) flying Lockheed10's on the mail run

YQM/YFC/YSJ.

Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) started its first flight into YFC on Feb 1 1952, when Capt CM Harper and crew landed their DC3 .

[CYFC] "Autorotations" by AwakeAndUnafraid

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:11:31 -0400

Comment by @AwakeAndUnafraid on Fredericton Airport, Canada:

Once upon a time this is where helicopters from nearby CFB Gagetown practised touchdown autorotations. We used grass/packed snow areas alongside the runways. Is this still what folks do, or do you still use the "new" autorotation area at the Gagetown heliport?

[CYFC] "Control tower coming in December 2009" by david

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:51:05 -0400

Comment by @david on Fredericton Airport, Canada:

Fredericton is currently a mandatory-frequency (MF) airport with a flight services station. It's the busiest non-towered airport in Canada, and Nav Canada has announced that the airport will be getting a control tower (presumably class D) in December 2009 with 12 full-time controllers:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/07/09/air-traffic.html