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Kars/Rideau Valley Air Park
IATA: none ICAO: none TC LID: CPL3
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Chris Williams
Location	Kars, Ontario, Canada
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	286 ft / 87 m
Coordinates	45°06′N 075°38′W / 45.100°N 75.633°W / 45.100; -75.633
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 1,800 549 Turf
Source: Canada Flight Supplement

Rideau Valley Air Park (TC LID: CPL3) is a registered aerodrome located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Kars, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the shore of the Rideau River. The aerodrome has a single 1,800 by 100 ft (549 by 30 m) grass runway, and serves mainly ultralight and glider traffic.

Users

Rideau Valley Soaring is a gliding club that operates from the Kars/Rideau Valley Air park on a regular basis during the soaring season (April-October). The club members fly both private and club aircraft. The gliding club owns a Grob 103, Schleicher ASK 21 and Schweizer SGS 2-33 training gliders, plus Schweizer 1-34 and Rolladen-Schneider LS4 single-seaters. The club also has two tow planes, a Bellanca Citabria and a Piper PA-25 Pawnee.

See also

• List of airports in the Ottawa area
• List of shortest runways

References

1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
2. Tim Forbes. "Rideau Valley Soaring - Welcome". rvss.ca. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
3. Rideau Valley Soaring. "Club aircraft". rvss.ca. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

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