Valcourt Airport
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Valcourt Airport, , is located 1 NM south of Valcourt, Quebec
, Canada
. The runway was built on the right-of-way of an old Canadian Pacific Railway
branch line that once ran between the towns of Eastman
and Windsor Mills
, Quebec. In 2005, the 3750 ft (1,143 m) runway
was repaved, with the centre 20 ft (6.1 m) being asphalt, with gravel on each side.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, 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...
. The runway was built on the right-of-way of an old Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
branch line that once ran between the towns of Eastman
Eastman, Quebec
Eastman is a municipality of 1600 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec.-References:...
and Windsor Mills
Windsor, Quebec
Windsor is a town of 5,300 people, part of the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada, for which it is the seat....
, Quebec. In 2005, the 3750 ft (1,143 m) runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
was repaved, with the centre 20 ft (6.1 m) being asphalt, with gravel on each side.