Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport


Tyendinaga Airport is a registered aerodrome that is open to the public and caters mainly to general aviation. The aerodrome is located in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, southwest of Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada, north of the Bay of Quinte between Kingston and Belleville.

History

Originally known as Deseronto Airport, the field opened in 1917 as a training school for pilots during World War I. During World War II, it hosted the No. 1 Instrument Navigation School for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, providing advanced instrument-navigation training to air crews. It was also during the same period that the airport was also used as the primary relief landing field for the Central Flying School, based out of RCAF Station Trenton.
The aerodrome is currently the site of the First Nations Technical Institute and the First Nations Flying School.

Historical aerodrome information

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as "RCAF Aerodrome - Mohawk, Ontario" at with no variation or elevation listed. The field was listed as "All hard surfaced" and had three runways listed as follows:
Runway NameLengthWidthSurface
4/22Hard Surfaced
14/32Hard Surfaced
8/26Hard Surfaced