Timmins/Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome

Timmins/Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome, formerly TC LID: CPW5, was a water aerodrome located adjacent to Timmins, Ontario, Canada on Porcupine Lake.

Timmins/Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Ratcliff Aircraft Ltd.
Serves	Timmins
Location	Timmins, Ontario
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	900 ft / 274 m
Coordinates	48°29′N 081°12′W
Website	http://ratcliffair.com/
Map
CPW5 Location in Ontario Show map of Ontario CPW5 CPW5 (Canada) Show map of Canada
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m n/a n/a n/a Water
Source: Water Aerodrome Supplement[1]

Tenants

The aerodrome's only tenant was Ratcliff Aircraft Limited (serviced float planes since 1985).^[2] The company owned the hangar and parking facilities.

A wooden ramp allowed floatplanes to dock and passengers to disembark. Additional floatplanes were stored on the grass next to the dock.

On December 7, 2015, a fire destroyed the hangar, along with several aircraft and equipment in the facility for winter storage.^[3]

Transportation

The aerodrome was located on Lakeview Drive between Bruce and Golden Avenues.

See also

• Timmins/Victor M. Power Airport

References

1. Nav Canada's Water Aerodrome Supplement. Effective 0901Z 26 March 2020 to 0901Z 22 April 2021.
2. Ratcliff Air Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Fire razes Ratcliff Aircraft in South Porcupine, owner taken to hospital". CBC News. 2015-12-08. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25.