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{{Infobox Airport
{{Infobox airport
| name = Harbour Grace Airport
| name = Harbour Grace Airport
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| LID = CHG2
| TC = CHG2
| type = Public
| type = Public
| owner =
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| location = [[Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador]]
| location = [[Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador]]
| timezone = [[Newfoundland Time Zone|NST]]
| utc = [[UTC−03:30]]
| summer = NDT
| utcs = [[UTC−02:30]]
| elevation-f = 325
| elevation-f = 325
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| elevation-m = 99
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| coordinates = {{coord|47|41|08|N|053|15|14|W|type:airport_region:CA-NL|display=inline,title|name=Harbour Grace Airport}}
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Newfoundland and Labrador
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| r1-number = 09/27
| r1-number = 09/27
| r1-length-f = 2,000
| r1-length-f = 2,000
| r1-length-m = 610
| r1-surface = Turf
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| footnotes = Sources: [[Canada Flight Supplement]]<ref name="CFS">{{CFS}}</ref>
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'''Harbour Grace Airport''' {{Airport codes||||CGH2}}, is {{Convert|0.8|NM|abbr=on|lk=in}} west of [[Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador|Harbour Grace]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Canada]].
'''Harbour Grace Airport''' {{Airport codes||||CHG2}} is {{Convert|0.8|NM|lk=in}} west of [[Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador|Harbour Grace]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Canada]].


==History==
On 20 May 1932 [[Amelia Earhart]] set off from Harbour Grace and, after a flight lasting 14 hours 56 minutes, landed in a pasture at [[Culmore]], north of [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]] to become the first woman to fly solo across the [[Atlantic Ocean]].
On 20 May 1932 [[Amelia Earhart]] set off from Harbour Grace and, after a flight lasting 14 hours 56 minutes, landed in a pasture at [[Culmore]], north of [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]] to become the first woman to fly solo across the [[Atlantic Ocean]].


Over the previous five years, most [[transatlantic flight]]s had included a stop at Harbour Grace. [[Wiley Post]], who with [[Harold Gatty]] as navigator made the first circumnavigation of the globe by airplane (eight days) in 1931, wrote:
Over the previous five years, most [[transatlantic flight]]s had included a stop at Harbour Grace. [[Wiley Post]], who with [[Harold Gatty]] as navigator made the first circumnavigation of the globe by airplane (eight days) in 1931, wrote:


<blockquote>
<blockquote>"The crazy flyers who leave there for Europe are, to those people, definite forerunners of a transportation system to England that will place Harbor Grace on the map. The movement to develop the airport has been aided by ... the entire east coast of the island settlement ... the people there believe with utmost faith that aviation is to be the salvation of a dying community. Not so many years ago Conception Bay was continually filled with a hundred or more ships. Whalers, ore boats, and fishing schooners did a lot of business in Harbor Grace in bygone days, but now the blue bay is dotted only by a scant sail or two, and the people are in hard straits.</blockquote>
The crazy flyers who leave there for Europe are, to those people, definite forerunners of a transportation system to England that will place Harbor Grace on the map. The movement to develop the airport has been aided by{{nbsp}}... the entire east coast of the island settlement{{nbsp}}... the people there believe with utmost faith that aviation is to be the salvation of a dying community. Not so many years ago Conception Bay was continually filled with a hundred or more ships. Whalers, ore boats, and fishing schooners did a lot of business in Harbor Grace in bygone days, but now the blue bay is dotted only by a scant sail or two, and the people are in hard straits.


<blockquote>"I would like to have heard more, but time was pressing on and we had a long way to go."</blockquote>
I would like to have heard more, but time was pressing on and we had a long way to go.<ref>Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, ''Around the World in Eight Days''. Rand McNally, 1931.
</ref></blockquote>

These transatlantic flights through Harbour Grace are designated as a Canadian [[Events of National Historic Significance (Canada)|National Historic Event]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=1040 |title=Transatlantic Flights National Historic Event |date=June 5, 1951 |publisher=[[Parks Canada]] |accessdate=April 24, 2014}}</ref>

The airstrip was abandoned after World War II, but was officially re-opened in 1999 following its restoration by the Harbour Grace Historical Society.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Terry |date=April 21, 2014 |title=A salute to Claude Stevenson and the Harbour Grace airstrip |url=http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2014-04-21/article-3696086/A-salute-to-Claude-Stevenson-and-the-Harbour-Grace-airstrip/1 |newspaper=[[The Telegram]] |location=[[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] |publisher=TC Transcontinental |accessdate=April 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hrgrace.ca/site/?page_id=2091 |title=History |publisher=Town of Harbour Grace |accessdate=April 24, 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, ''Around the World in Eight Days''. Rand McNally, 1931.
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{{List of airports in Canada}}


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Latest revision as of 16:29, 17 March 2024

Harbour Grace Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTown of Harbour Grace
LocationHarbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador
Time zoneNST (UTC−03:30)
 • Summer (DST)NDT (UTC−02:30)
Elevation AMSL325 ft / 99 m
Coordinates47°41′08″N 053°15′14″W / 47.68556°N 53.25389°W / 47.68556; -53.25389
Map
CHG2 is located in Newfoundland and Labrador
CHG2
CHG2
Location in Newfoundland and Labrador
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 2,000 610 Turf

Harbour Grace Airport (TC LID: CHG2) is 0.8 nautical miles (1.5 km; 0.92 mi) west of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

History

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On 20 May 1932 Amelia Earhart set off from Harbour Grace and, after a flight lasting 14 hours 56 minutes, landed in a pasture at Culmore, north of Derry, Northern Ireland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Over the previous five years, most transatlantic flights had included a stop at Harbour Grace. Wiley Post, who with Harold Gatty as navigator made the first circumnavigation of the globe by airplane (eight days) in 1931, wrote:

The crazy flyers who leave there for Europe are, to those people, definite forerunners of a transportation system to England that will place Harbor Grace on the map. The movement to develop the airport has been aided by ... the entire east coast of the island settlement ... the people there believe with utmost faith that aviation is to be the salvation of a dying community. Not so many years ago Conception Bay was continually filled with a hundred or more ships. Whalers, ore boats, and fishing schooners did a lot of business in Harbor Grace in bygone days, but now the blue bay is dotted only by a scant sail or two, and the people are in hard straits.

I would like to have heard more, but time was pressing on and we had a long way to go.[2]

These transatlantic flights through Harbour Grace are designated as a Canadian National Historic Event.[3]

The airstrip was abandoned after World War II, but was officially re-opened in 1999 following its restoration by the Harbour Grace Historical Society.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, Around the World in Eight Days. Rand McNally, 1931.
  3. ^ "Transatlantic Flights National Historic Event". Parks Canada. June 5, 1951. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  4. ^ Roberts, Terry (April 21, 2014). "A salute to Claude Stevenson and the Harbour Grace airstrip". The Telegram. St. John's: TC Transcontinental. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  5. ^ "History". Town of Harbour Grace. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
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