| NAME |
LOCATION
|
NORTH |
WEST |
RUNWAY |
| Knutsford |
Along Hwy #5, 8 Km
south of Kamloops |
50°35.921' |
120°18.532' |
13 and 31 |
| Heffley |
Just North of
Heffley Mill |
50°51.096' |
120°16.496' |
North-south |
| Niels Johnson |
South-west of Chase |
50°44.373' |
119°41.014' |
East-west |
| Larry Dee |
Up the hills, South
of Pritchard Bridge |
50°39.557' |
119'47.662' |
East-west |
| Dave Jones |
Along river, east of
Monte Lake turn-off |
50°38.751' |
120°21.942' |
East-west |
| John Lauder |
North-east of
Quilchena |
50°11.896' |
120°20.897' |
North-south |
| Quilchena |
East side of Hwy #5,
by Nicola Lake |
50'09.651' |
120°29.718' |
North-south |
| Tony Bellos |
4 miles south of
Kamloops |
50°37.387' |
120°18.537' |
East-west |
| Merritt |
North of Merritt |
50°02.563' |
120°49.823' |
North-south |
| Winterhalder |
South of Salmon Arm |
50°37.146' |
119°12.646' |
05 |
Knutsford: .......... If you come in
for for a landing on 13, first you go over
Knutsford Hill, then some power lines, then a
duck pond. The grass runway slopes up a bit
sharply for 100 feet after you go over the fence.
No use touching down too soon, you have 2800 feet
to do it. The main wind seems to make this
approach the most common. Miles of fields all
around.
Heffley: .......... Very smooth grass
strip. Just North of the Heffley Tolko Mill, on
the west side of the highway. Private strip home
to two local flyers, Wally Walcer and Dean Perry;
they have a double hangar at the north end. You
can come in above the Mill at the south end, or
over the trees at the north end.
Niels Johnson: .......... South-west of
Chase, a clearing on the forrested hillside.
Sloping east towards a small pond surrounded by
trees. (Not a good place to abort a landing...)
Larry Dee: .......... Smooth
dirt-and-gravel strip, very well maintained;
lower at the middle . South of the Pritchard
Bridge, almost totally surrounded by trees,
except on the north-east side. Also a hill at the
west end. Pasture fields on the north side. With
my Beaver, I can dive in from the west end, or
slip in low from the north-east end over the
fields. Bill Davidson has been landing his 185
there without problems.
Dave Jones: .......... East of the Monte
Lake turnoff, by the South Thompson River, just
north of the Trans-Canada Highway. The strip is
the road to the house and hangar. If coming from
the west, watch out for the Hydro transmission
wires. Not for the faint of heart!
Quilchena: ........... Well maintained,
very smooth gravel strip. Halfway down the east
side of Nicola Lake, along #5 Highway. Surrounded
by fields on the north end and side, historic
Quilchena Hotel and ranch buildings on the south
end, Golf Course at the south-east.
John Lauder: .......... North-east of
Nicola Lake, on the hillsides, not far from the
BC Hydro sub-station.
Tony Bellos: .........One
kilometer north of Knutsford strip. Sloping to
the east. Tall Ponderosa pine at the west end.
Length 1200 feet.
Merritt: .......... Municipal airport.
Some 4000 feet of blacktop, easy approach from
the north side over miles of flat fields . Watch
for the Helicopter base at the south-east end of
the strip., Communication tower some distance
from the south end.
Harry Winterhalder: .........On the east side of
a beautiful valley, south of Salmon Arm, in
Harry's hayfields. Very smooth and flat. You land
on 05, it takes you straight to his farm.
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