OurAirports: Comments on Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport

[CYSH] "Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Services" by Anonymous Flier

Sat, 05 May 2012 22:39:22 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada:

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

[CYSH] "Wx Cameras" by Anonymous Flier

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:49:03 -0400

Comment by an Anonymous Flier on Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada:

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

[CYSH] "Crosswind Strip" by StudentPilot

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:15:06 -0400

Comment by @StudentPilot on Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada:

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.

[CYSH] "Fuel" by david

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:49:39 -0400

Comment by @david on Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada:

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.

[CYSH] "Approaches" by david

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:47:59 -0400

Comment by @david on Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada:

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.

[CYSH] "Runway lighting" by david

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:46:05 -0400

Comment by @david on Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport, Canada:

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.