Goderich Airport#Goderich Goodtime Boogie
{{Short description|Canadian airport}}
{{Redirect|Sky Harbour Airport||Sky Harbor Airport (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=May 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Goderich Airport
| nativename = Goderich Municipal Airport
| image = Goderich Municipal airport open street map.png
| caption = Map of the airport
| IATA =
| ICAO = CYGD
| WMO = 71261
| type = Public
| owner =
| opened = {{start date|1938|07|30}}
| operator = Municipality of Goderich
| city-served =
| location = Goderich, Ontario
| timezone = EST
| utc = UTC−05:00
| summer = EDT
| utcs = UTC−04:00
| elevation-f = 709
| coordinates = {{coord|43|46|04|N|081|42|39|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Canada Ontario#Canada
| pushpin_label = CYGD
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ontario
| website = {{Official website|https://goderichairport.ca/}}
| r1-number = 05/23
| r1-length-f = 1,871
| r1-surface = Turf
| r2-number = 10/28
| r2-length-f = 3,002
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| r3-number = 14/32
| r3-length-f = 5,034
| r3-surface = Asphalt
| footnotes = Source: Canada Flight Supplement{{CFS}}
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Goderich Airport {{Airport codes||CYGD}}, also known as Goderich Municipal Airport and formerly Sky Harbour Airport,{{cite web|url=https://goderichairport.ca/about-ygd/ |title=About CYGD|access-date=June 10, 2024}} is a registered aerodrome located {{convert|1.5|NM|lk=in}} north of Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency on a call-out basis from the Region of Waterloo International Airport on weekdays and the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport on weekends. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.
History
During World War II, Goderich Airport hosted No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, providing initial pilot training for aircrews using the Fleet Finch. Like most of the other EFTS, this school was run by a civilian flying club, in this case, the school was operated by the Kitchener-Waterloo and the County of Huron Flying Clubs.{{cite book
| last1 = Hatch
| first1 = F. J.
| title = The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945
| publisher = Directorate of History, Department of National Defence
| year = 1983
| location = Ottawa
| isbn = 0660114437}}
No. 12 EFTS opened on October 14, 1940, and closed on July 14, 1944.
The Canadian Sport Parachuting Association (CSPA) notes on its 'History' page that in 1991, "The largest Canadian Freefall formation was established with a 44-way in Goderich, Ontario."{{cite web|url = https://www.cspa.ca/en/node/228|title = History of Parachuting and CSPA|author=Canadian Sport Parachuting Association (CSPA)|date = 1991|access-date=June 10, 2024}} {{As of|2024|06}}, this is still the Canadian record.
===Aerodrome information===
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at {{coord|43|46|N|81|43|W|region:CA-ON_type:airport}} with a Var. 6 degrees W and elevation of {{Convert|700|ft|0}}. The runway data lists a "turf - all way field - 3200'."{{cite book |author=Staff writer|title= Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 1|url= |location= |publisher= Royal Canadian Air Force |page= 115|date= c. 1942|isbn=}}
References
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External links
{{Official website|https://goderichairport.ca/}}
- [http://archive.copanational.org/PlacesToFly/airport_view.php?pr_id=1&ap_id=239 Goderich Municipal / Skyharbour Airport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913003456/http://archive.copanational.org/PlacesToFly/airport_view.php?pr_id=1&ap_id=239 |date=September 13, 2010 }} on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
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Category:Registered aerodromes in Ontario
Category:Airports of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Category:Transport in Huron County, Ontario