OurAirports: Comments on Port Hawkesbury Airport

[CYPD] "Still stinging" by Anonymous Flier

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:52:35 -0500

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Port Hawkesbury Airport, Canada:

Private aircraft landing in Port Hawkesbury will be charged $500.00 fee from the airport authority. If you have any questions you can email me at tony@empirearchives.com. Things are not always what they seem and these people who run this airport don't care.

[CYPD] "Landing Fee note" by prattsoplenty

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:09:04 -0400

Comment by @prattsoplenty on Port Hawkesbury Airport, Canada:

"Private aircraft will not be charged a landing fee however, a landing fee will be applied to all military, government and commercial aircraft." http://www.porthawkesburyairport.com/products.htm

[CYPD] "Stay away $500.00 fee" by Anonymous Flier

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:53:37 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Port Hawkesbury Airport, Canada:

This was a private airplane that was charged the $500.00 fee. It said nothing about it on their website. They said no one ever complained about it before. I replied the landing fee at JFK in New York was a deal at $150.00 compared to Port Hawksbury. I will be contacting AOPA and CAPA about the fee.

[CYPD] "More on fees" by david

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:36:33 -0400

Comment by @david on Port Hawkesbury Airport, Canada:

This page does say that the airport has landing fees for commercial and military aircraft, but it doesn't specify the amounts: http://www.porthawkesburyairport.com/news.htm

[CYPD] "re: Landing fee at Port Hawkesbury Airport Canada" by david

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:33:08 -0400

Comment by @david on Port Hawkesbury Airport, Canada:

I'm sorry to hear about the fee. Certainly, there was none for my little Piper a few years ago when I visited. I hope someone from the airport can comment on this incident.

[CYPD] "Landing fee at Port Hawkesbury Airport Canada" by Anonymous Flier

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:39:08 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Port Hawkesbury Airport, Canada:

Stay away. After contacting CannPass and recieving port or entry approval to land at Port Hawksbury, We were on short final gear down. The airport personal asked what type of aircraft we were. They then informed us that there will be a $500.00 landing fee. Remember their website says there is no landing fee. They were glad to charge this fee and said no other pilots complained about this fee. Looks like our US dollars will never go back.

[CYPD] "Be careful scud running" by david

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:12:19 -0400

Comment by @david on Port Hawkesbury Airport, Canada:

I landed here a few years ago. It's a very nice airport, but I would not recommend coming in VFR in marginal conditions unless you know the area well -- there's a high cable crossing across the Strait of Canso just to the west of the airport.

[CYPD] "My favourite airport!!!" by Bonnie

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:01:43 -0400

Comment by @Bonnie on Port Hawkesbury Airport, Canada:

This is truly my favourite airport. Not only can one consider it the gateway to beautiful Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, but I had the best reception ever, walking into the "terminal". This is a very small operation ... but a number of the local men (airplane enthusiasts all) were just hanging out there, chatting away, happy to talk to me about our plane, the flight, their planes and so on. We really had to tear ourselves away, as I think they would have chatted with us well into the night ...