My favourite Ontario Airport
CG-EXU AT WIARTON
Wiarton Airport lies on the edge of Colpoy Bay in the Bruce Peninsula of Ontario and is just a short bicycle ride from the town itself (during the summer, free loaner bikes are provided for pilots to explore the area). I was told that Grey county gets it's name from the inclement weather here in the winter, but It was originally an emergency alternate for Pearson International and as a result still has an ILS approach as well as a full-time weather office which is incredible given the relatively light use of this airfield. The operators are a great bunch of guys who like to make sure the locals are well-aware of the economic significance their airport makes to the area and pilots who arrive on a slow day are afforded the luxury of a loaner station wagon which prominently displays in the window a sign telling everyone who sees it, that this is another person who has been delivered to their town via the airport. The last time I visited, the car was not available (someone beat me to it) but a very kind fellow pilot who was on his way out for a ride in his plane graciously offered his Mercedes to my uncle (arguably one of Hollands older pilots at 80) and I so that we could go into town for what turned out to be one of the best homemade hamburgers I've had in a long time.
Canadian Cordiality
The Wiarton Courtesy Car. This is the kind of thing that every small airport in Canada should offer to their fly-in aviators.
Approaching the field from the south
Wiarton airport lies on the edge of Colpoy Bay and is a short bicycle ride into town. My candidate airport to host the Canadian equivalent of Oshkosh-let me know what you think.
F-18 stops at Wiarton
An F-18 made a stop at Goderich over the long weekend (just to the right of the building) May 23/2010 See more photos under my F-18 page.
