Greenbank Airport, , is located 1 NM south of Greenbank in Scugog

Scugog, Ontario

Scugog is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, south-central Ontario, Canada. A smaller Scugog Township was also a historic municipality and geographic township prior to the amalgamation that formed the current municipality.-History:...

, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Planes land on turf in summer and on ice and snow in winter. A small hangar

Hangar

A hangar is a closed structure to hold aircraft or spacecraft in protective storage. Most hangars are built of metal, but other materials such as wood and concrete are also sometimes used...

 and refueling tanks are the few structures at the airport.

Accident

On August 1, 2008 at around 9:45am a small plane crashed near the airport. Both people in the plane died. One was the airport owner and manager and the other is unknown. Emergency services attended the scene and left by 11am. The crash scene was near Highway 47 (Ontario) and Highway 12 (Ontario)

Highway 12 (Ontario)

King's Highway 12, commonly referred to as Highway 12, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway connects the eastern end of the Greater Toronto Area with Kawartha Lakes , Orillia and Midland. It forms a part of the Trans-Canada Highway system from north...

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External links

• Greenbank Airport