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Niagara Central Dorothy Rungeling Airport

Welland/Niagara Central Dorothy Rungeling Aerodrome
Niagara Central Dorothy Rungeling Airport; Welland/Niagara Central Dorothy Rungeling Aerodrome
	Hangar line
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; TC LID: CNQ3;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Niagara Central Airport Commission
Location	Pelham, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	585 ft / 178 m
Coordinates	42°58′48″N 079°19′29″W / 42.98000°N 79.32472°W
Website	www.centralairport.ca
Map
	CNQ3 Location in Ontario CNQ3 CNQ3 (Canada)
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	23,341
	Source: Canada Flight Supplement; Movements from Statistics Canada

Niagara Central Dorothy Rungeling Airport or Welland/Niagara Central Dorothy Rungeling Aerodrome, (TC LID: CNQ3), is a registered aerodrome located in Pelham, 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) west of Welland, Ontario, Canada. Niagara Central accommodates a flight school, skydivers, aerial photographers, itinerant light aircraft and an automatic weather station. It was built in 1940 by the Royal Canadian Air Force as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and served as the relief airfield for the No. 6 Service Flying Training School in nearby Dunnville.

The airport is the home of the 87th Eagle Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets who have training and administration space in the airport's former meeting place of Welland Fire Company Number 1. The Southern Ontario Gliding Centre (SOGC) of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets also use the airport for spring and fall familiarization flights for the cadets.

In 1995, various members of Fonthill Branch 613 of the Royal Canadian Legion lobbied to have the airport renamed "Bud Kerr Welland Airport" in recognition of a local World War II Spitfire fighter pilot, but were unsuccessful. In 2015 the airport was renamed Niagara Central Dorothy Rungeling Airport, in honour of the legendary Canadian pilot Dorothy Rungeling, CM.^[3]

Environment Canada automated weather station
Skydivers landing
Public areas

References

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation
^ Furminger, Greg (March 13, 2015). "LISTEN:Airport renaming in wings for Rungeling". Welland, Ontario: Welland Tribune.