Montréal/Mascouche Airport

{{short description|Defunct airport in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada}}

{{more references|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Montréal/Mascouche Airport

| IATA =

| ICAO =

| TC = CSK3

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = Corporation de l'aéroport de Mascouche

| city-served =

| location = Mascouche, Quebec

| timezone = EST

| utc = UTC−05:00

| summer = EDT

| utcs = UTC−04:00

| elevation-f = 74

| coordinates = {{coord|45|43|07|N|073|35|53|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Canada Quebec#Canada

| pushpin_label = CSK3

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Quebec

| website =

| r1-number = 11/29

| r1-length-f = 2,957

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| footnotes = Source: Canada Flight Supplement{{CFS}}

}}

Montréal/Mascouche Airport, formerly {{Airport codes||||CSK3|p=n}}, was a small, general aviation airport located {{convert|1.5|NM|lk=in}} southeast of Mascouche and approximately {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was reached by Autoroute 640 at exit 44. The runway was parallel to Autoroute 640. Montréal/Mascouche Airport closed 15 November 2016 and all aircraft had to be removed by 13 November.{{cite web |title=Closing of the Mascouche Airport (CSK3) |url=http://www.navcanada.ca/EN/products-and-services/Documents/AIP/Current/part_4_aip_sup/4aip_sup_eng_2016_35.pdf |publisher=Nav Canada |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117063453/http://www.navcanada.ca/EN/products-and-services/Documents/AIP/Current/part_4_aip_sup/4aip_sup_eng_2016_35.pdf |archivedate=17 November 2016 |url-status=dead |date=15 September 2016}}

A radio equipped aircraft was required to fly in and out of Mascouche Airport. The mandatory frequency for the airport was 122.35 MHz.

Mascouche Airport was the largest "regional airport" in the province of Quebec, in terms of air traffic.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} It was located close to the Le Gardeur regional hospital and could be used for medical evacuations. The airport regrouped 30 buildings, 15 related SMEs (including Cargair Inc., ALM Par Avion, and others) and sustained 75 full-time jobs. More than a hundred small planes were stationed there year-round.

There had been talks of closing down (or to privatize) the airport during the last decade, for various reasons: the land lots are well-located and are zoned industrial, the city was unwilling to invest in the airport, and the airport could not get government funding to build a control tower and to expand the runway's length. Moreover, the poor condition of the airport (i.e. its runway and its buildings) would have needed considerable investments To counter the closure of the airport, users had founded a group (Mascouche Airport Owners and Pilots Association[http://www.appam.ca MAOPA]). With more than 125 members, this group fought to keep the airport open, organizing many activities to stimulate interest in the airport.

Mascouche Airport was home to several flying schools and an important learning centre for new pilots. The airport offered an alternative to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (which charges landing fees). Moreover, Mascouche Airport offered an alternative to Saint-Hubert Longueuil Airport flying schools, the former located on Montreal's south shore.

ALM Par Avion was one of the flying schools based in Mascouche. It operated a fleet of Cessna 152, Cessna 172, Piper Warrior PA-28 and one Piper Seneca PA-34.