Centralia/James T. Field Memorial Aerodrome

Centralia/James T. Field Memorial Aerodrome
The airport shown as of 2013
IATA: YCE ICAO: CYCE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	New United Goderich Inc.
Location	Huron County
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	824 ft / 251 m
Coordinates	43°17′09″N 081°30′23″W
Map
CYCE Location in Ontario
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 5,013 1,528 Asphalt 16/34 4,392 1,339 Asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Centralia/James T. Field Memorial Aerodrome, originally RCAF Station Centralia (IATA: YCE, ICAO: CYCE), is located 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) west of Centralia, Ontario, Canada.

History

Centralia Aerodrome in 2020

Originally built as a part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), Centralia Airport was home to the No. 9 Service Flying Training School as of September 21, 1942. Pilots were trained for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as well as other Commonwealth nation forces.

In September 1947, the airport was renamed RCAF Station Centralia. During military ownership, various types of aircraft were operated including the Avro Anson, Douglas Dakota, Beechcraft Expeditor, North American Harvard, and de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk.

After military closure on March 31, 1967, the airport was renamed Huron Air Park and was home to numerous light manufacturing firms.

Airport owner/operator

New United Goderich Inc. has occupied the airport since 1997. It is a privately held corporation which does V.I.P. completions, exterior and interior, avionics and maintenance work for small to mid-size jets and turboprop aircraft.

External links

• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory