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Olds-Didsbury Airport

51.71190°N
-114.10700°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 41.7%
DEP / DAY
3
▼ 14.3%

Olds-Didsbury Airport (CEA3) is a small general aviation airport located in Olds-Didsbury, Canada, 65 km south of Red Deer. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,650 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From CYYC, 41 mi away (CEA3 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
30°F
Wind
6 kts
130°
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
—
CYYC 120453Z 13006KT 5SM BR FEW006 SCT018 OVC033 M01/M02 A3010 RMK ST2CF2SC4 SLP245

Runways

2 installed

3,650 FT MAX
04/22
1,800 ft × 50
GRS○ unlit
10/28
3,650 ft × 75
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

28
39% of ops
21 land · 16 TO
04
31% of ops
17 land · 3 TO
10
17% of ops
9 land · 11 TO
22
13% of ops
7 land · 6 TO
Runway 28 carries 39% of operations (21 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 31%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

28 21 landings
UA 0%
04 17 landings
UA 6%
10 9 landings
UA 0%
22 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 28 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 21 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
4.0
flights/day · 119 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 4pm · 9pm
Day vs night
49%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 4.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.9 vs 4.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

43 · 39%
14 · 13%
8 · 7%
7 · 6%
7 · 6%
5 · 5%
Activity is led by (39% of 109 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

16 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

16
Anonymous
7/9/2019
Fuel Prices
100LL $1.53/l; JetA $1.26/l; Effective July 10, 2019
Anonymous
1/29/2019
Self Serve 100LL and JetA
100LL $1.36/l; JetA $1.26/l; Effective Jan 28, 2019
Anonymous
11/3/2018
Self Serve Fuel
Fuel 100LL $1.57; JetA $1.26 as of Nov 2018
Anonymous
1/11/2018
Fuel Prices
100LL $1.38/l and JetA $0.989/l as of Jan 11, 2018 Fuel Self Serve Debit, Mastercard, Visa
Anonymous
1/4/2018
Fuel Prices
100LL $1.42/l and JetA $0.989/l. Prices include GST and Carbon Tax.
Anonymous
8/28/2016
Fuel Prices 100LL and Jet A
100LL is $1.199/litre; Jet A is $0.899/litre
Anonymous
5/29/2016
100 ll June 2016 fuel 1.25
100 LL June 2016 fuel 1.25
Anonymous
6/6/2015
Fuel Price
Fuel price as of May 2015 is $1.469
Anonymous
2/5/2015
Fuel price
Fuel price Feb 2015 is $1.51 per litre.
Anonymous
4/16/2014
Self serve 100LL
100 LL $1.79 April/14
Anonymous
11/4/2013
re: Self serve 100LL
100 LL $1.65 Oct/13
Anonymous
7/28/2013
Crop dusters
Any regulations for crop dusters? One is flying so low over our house and trees. We have a licensed wildlife rehab and bird sanctuary, and our birds are actually getting hurt trying to avoid his regular low flyovers. Number C-GFTS.
Anonymous
2/1/2013
Self serve 100LL
Fuel price in Feb 2013 is 1.69 gst included
ODFA
7/10/2012
re: Self serve 100LL
Fuel price in July 2012 is $1.74
Anonymous
2/5/2012
re: Self serve 100LL
Fuel price in Feb 2012 is $1.60
Anonymous
9/20/2011
Self serve 100LL
AVGAS 100LL Fuel and SAE 65 and 80 Oil. Our fuel system is a self serve Master Card or Visa system and the fuel price as of September 15, 2011 is $1.69 per litre.
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