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Collingwood Regional Airport (CNY3) is a small regional aerodrome in Clearview Township near Collingwood, Ontario, close to the southern shores of Georgian Bay. It combines a busy flight-training base with growing corporate traffic, all set against the backdrop of Blue Mountain, the Niagara Escarpment and Wasaga Beach, making it a scenic and practical VFR destination for visiting pilots.
Collingwood Regional Airport sits just outside the town of Collingwood in southern Ontario and is best known as the home of Genesis Flight College, which trains pilots from across Canada. In recent years the field has seen capital investment and expansion under its operating company, attracting corporate aircraft alongside the training traffic, while retaining the relaxed, low-delay character typical of a regional airport. For the visiting VFR pilot it offers a straightforward, uncontrolled operating environment in one of Ontario's more popular recreational areas.
The airport lies near the southern shore of Georgian Bay in Clearview Township, close to Collingwood, and is within easy reach of the Blue Mountain ski and recreation area, the Niagara Escarpment and Wasaga Beach. It is an uncontrolled aerodrome operating on an Aerodrome Traffic Frequency, with Toronto Centre providing area air traffic control services in the surrounding airspace.
The airport has two paved and turf runway pairs. Runway 13/31 is 4,987 feet long, hard-surfaced and lit, forming the primary runway. Runway 02/20 is a shorter 3,631-foot grass strip. Field elevation is 722 feet.
Automated weather is broadcast on the AWOS frequency 122.175 MHz. Toronto Centre provides area control on 132.575 MHz. Local traffic advisory and unicom services are provided on 122.85 MHz, which serves as the Aerodrome Traffic Frequency and Unicom. The airport has no ILS or other published instrument approach aids.
As an uncontrolled field, arriving and departing traffic is coordinated by pilots themselves using the 122.85 MHz Aerodrome Traffic Frequency/Unicom, with no air traffic control tower in operation.
The airport's position near the southern shore of Georgian Bay, with Blue Mountain, the Niagara Escarpment and Wasaga Beach all nearby, provides useful large-scale visual references for pilots navigating toward the field from the surrounding region.
The grassy fields that later became Collingwood Regional Airport are said to have first hosted an aircraft landing during a local fair, when an enterprising pilot touched down half a mile from the fairgrounds and offered rides to onlookers for a dollar, drawing crowds away from the midway attractions. In more recent years the airport has undergone significant capital investment and expansion under new ownership, with Field Boss Brendan Skidmore noting that improvements over a four-year period attracted new businesses and corporate aircraft operators, boosting both traffic and revenue for the region while maintaining a strong working relationship with Clearview Township.
Today the airport is home to Genesis Flight College, a full-service flight training operation offering programs to students from across Canada, taking advantage of the field's light traffic and lack of lengthy air traffic control delays for a relaxed training environment. The airport also supports corporate aircraft operators and includes a public terminal facility with a restaurant, along with hangar leasing for based aircraft. It is listed as a Canada Border Services Agency office location, indicating that customs clearance facilities are available for international arrivals.
