Flight to Dunnville Airport

Last weekend, Sara and I hopped into a plane and decided to head down to the Dunnville Airport (CDU9). We headed to the airport for a 7:30am departure packed with a snack.

This was the first time I flew the carborated 172 in almost a year. I prefer flying in the fuel injected ones, however none was available this time around. No big deal really… Just a different engine-start procedure and no carb heat (and possible carb icing!) to worry about.

Of course I used World Flight Planner to plan the flight, and the numbers were bang on. WFP had estimated my time of arrival to be 8:49. I arrived at 8:45.

The route took us south over the city, the west bound along the lake shore to Grimsby airport, then south to Dunnville . The route along the lakeshore takes you over the Ford plant in Oakville, and the Burlington Skybridge. This is known as the “St. Catherines VFR route”.

View Flight to Dunnville in a larger mapThe airport it self was a little disappointing. I didn’t know the direction of the wind, so I decided to overfly the field first to see if I could see any windsocks. None were to be found. So I used a nearby flag to figure out what runway I should land on.

On the ground roll after wheels down, we passed by a sad looking windsock that was literally a “thread” flapping in the wind. We pulled up to the main apron and shut down.

There was nobody to be found and all doors were locked. I headed back to the airplane to keep Sara company while munching on my snack. We departed 15 minutes later.

Check another airport off my list!