Ottawa/Rockcliffe Water Aerodrome

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Ottawa/Rockcliffe Water Aerodrome (TC LID: CTR7) is located adjacent to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a small airport and few Ottawans know of its existence. The airport is the home of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, which owns the field, and is used and maintained by the Rockcliffe Flying Club.

Ottawa/Rockcliffe Water Aerodrome
IATA: none ICAO: none TC LID: CTR7
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Operator	Rockcliffe Flying Club
Location	Ottawa, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	125 ft / 38 m
Coordinates	45°27′49″N 75°38′45″W
Map
CTR7 Location in Ottawa CTR7 CTR7 (Ontario) CTR7 CTR7 (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m n/a n/a n/a Water
Source: Water Aerodrome Supplement

The airport land was originally a military rifle range. In 1918 the Royal Flying Corps began using the field behind the range for experimental mail flights, and the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport opened officially in 1920 as the Ottawa Air Station, one of the six original airfields opened across Canada by the new Air Board.

Since it is on the shore of the Ottawa River and the runways were connected to the riverfront by a road, it was one of very few airports capable of handling and transferring floatplanes on both land and water. It only services seaplanes and its runway, is the river. It is mainly used by the military, general aviation aircraft, and by hikers, tourists and people attempting to access remote locations that are only accessible by air.

See also

• List of airports in the Ottawa area