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Drummondville Airport is a general aviation aerodrome in Quebec, Canada, situated between Montreal and Quebec City close to the intersection of highways 20 and 55, only a short distance from downtown Drummondville. It offers a single hard-surfaced runway pair with NDB non-precision approaches, and has become a hub for flight training and the local aeronautics industry.
Drummondville Airport (CSC3) is a general aviation aerodrome serving the Drummondville area of Quebec. It functions as an industrial and training centre connected to the aeronautics sector, with a single runway available for local and itinerant traffic around the clock, making it a useful and instructive stop for a simulator pilot exploring the region between Montreal and Quebec City.
The airfield lies at coordinates 45.8436 N, 72.3976 W at an elevation of 361 feet, located between Quebec City and Montreal close to the intersection of highways 20 and 55, roughly fifteen minutes from downtown Drummondville. It operates as an uncontrolled aerodrome, with Montreal Centre providing overlying air traffic control services.
Drummondville has one physical runway, 06/24, oriented roughly northeast-southwest. It is 5,966 feet long with a hard surface and is lit for night operations. There is no ILS installed.
Traffic can be worked on the ATF/UNICOM frequency 122.8 MHz, with Montreal Centre reachable on 128.225 MHz for overlying air traffic control services. The field is equipped with a non-directional beacon (NDB) and a precision approach path indicator (PAPI) on runway 24. Non-precision NDB approaches are published for both runways 06 and 24, with minima of 612 feet AGL and 575 feet AGL respectively.
Transient aircraft are directed to use Taxiway A, while Taxiway B is reserved for local traffic and Taxiway C for private traffic; pilots should be alert for ground vehicles operating in the vicinity of Taxiway C. The aerodrome can be used under both VFR and IFR conditions, and the two runways are available to pilots seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, so arrivals and departures may occur at any time.
Drummondville Airport is used extensively for flight training, and student pilots undertake their initial circuit exercises at this base airport before progressing to cross-country work. The site also serves as an industrial centre connected to the aeronautics industry, with space available for aeronautical companies and private aircraft or helicopter owners to establish a presence on the airport grounds. Weather information is available via an Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) sited close to the field.
