Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport (YSH, CYSH)

WHOOPS

🔗 Fri, 02 Jun 2023
— @mikeiaka at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada Reply

Sorry, but I messed up.

Missing from website.

🔗 Fri, 02 Jun 2023
— @mikeiaka at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada Reply

I had to add this in due to the fact it’s not on le website, also for some reason the ICAO and IATA codes were not working, so I had to do some random words. (ICAO : CYSR / IATA : YSR)

Home of the Smiths Falls Flying Club

🔗 Sun, 09 Jan 2022
— @david at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada Reply

https://smithsfallsflyingclub.com/

Procedures: summer glider ops for air cadets

🔗 Mon, 19 Aug 2019
— @david at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada Reply

[copied from Facebook]

The Air Cadets Gliding Operations have commenced for the Fall season at Smiths Falls flying Club on weekends.

When Air Cadet Glider Ops are in progress there is no inactive side of the circuit. Gliders and Tow Planes do right hand circuits and use both the main and grass Runway. The Glider “zone” extends up to 3,000 ft on the “inactive” side.

Joining the circuit from inactive side should be avoided, coordinate with Glider Ops on 122.7 if unsure. Joining the circuit straight into downwind is highly recommended.

Phillip Johnson

Smiths Falls Flying Club

YSH 334 kHz Video

🔗 Sun, 04 Mar 2018
— Anonymous Flyer at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada Reply

I made a video of the YSH Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) which transmits on the frequency of 334 kHz near the transmitter site at the end of Empress Avenue in Smiths Falls on the night of March 3, 2018.

YSH Morse ID with 5 second dash in between Morse id's. -.-- ... ....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nKdLdK1BjfU

Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Services

🔗 Sat, 05 May 2012
— Anonymous Flyer at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada Reply

Av Serve AMO 53-03 (613)668-9377

Wx Cameras

🔗 Sun, 05 Sep 2010
— Anonymous Flyer at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada Reply

I see this airport now has weather cameras on NAV CANADA's flight planning web site...sweet!

Crosswind Strip

🔗 Sun, 22 Jul 2007
— @StudentPilot at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada Reply

There is a shorter crosswind turf strip at Smiths Falls that is not depicted in the CFS (visible on the map above). A flying club member recently told me to feel free to use the grass if there was a good crosswind on my arrival on a cross country flight. I would guess it is about 1500' long.

Fuel

🔗 Wed, 06 Jun 2007
— @david at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada Reply

There is a 24-hour, self-service fuel pump, as at CYRP. It was NOTAM'd O/S for a long time, but the NOTAM's gone now, so presumably the pump is back in operation.

Approaches

🔗 Wed, 06 Jun 2007
— @david at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada Reply

The NDB approach is to 06, but the GPS approach is to 24 -- watch for the risk of head-on, opposite-direction traffic over the runway when people are practicing simulated approaches.

Runway lighting

🔗 Wed, 06 Jun 2007
— @david at Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada Reply

Note that the runway lighting ARCAL is *not* on the same frequency as the ATF. Use 122.7 MHz for the ATF, but 122.9 MHz to activate the lights.