Terrace Bay Airport
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Terrace Bay Airport is an abandoned airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 that was located 2 NM north of Terrace Bay
Terrace Bay, Ontario
Terrace Bay is a township in Thunder Bay District in northern Ontario, Canada, located on the north shore of Lake Superior east of Thunder Bay along Highway 17...

, 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
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Terrace Bay Council voted in 2005 to close the airport's runway, saving the community roughly $40,000 a year. Ministry of Natural Resources
Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario)
The Ministry of Natural Resources is a government ministry of the Canadian province of Ontario that responsible for Ontario’s provincial parks, forests, fisheries, wildlife, mineral aggregates and the Crown lands and waters that make up 87 per cent of the province...

, Hydro and emergency helicopters will still have access to the facility year round.

External links

  • Terrace Bay Airport on COPA's
    Canadian Owners and Pilots Association
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    Places to Fly airport directory


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