The Winnipeg Gliding Club has the following facilities and equipment:

Facilities

  • Hangar
  • Training Center
  • Kitchen
  • Washrooms
  • Shower
  • Campground
  • Flight recorders
  • Parachutes

Equipment

Runways

  • 13/31 3000 ft by 275 ft turf
  • 09/27 1900 ft by 125 ft turf
  • 18/36 2550 ft by 200 ft turf

Flight Supplement Information

  • No winter maintenance
  • Runways rough
  • Aerodrome traffic frequency 123.4
  • Field elevation: 785 ft
  • Field phone number: (204) 735-2868
  • Field location: N49 42 22 W97 40 50
  • Gliders fly left hand circuits.  Powered aircraft fly right hand circuits.

Ropes

The club is presently using Superdan 3/8" rope which has a breaking strength of 3920 lbs. The club’s tow ropes are 200 feet long.

The club uses a Tost metal weak link of 1100 pound (500 kilo) strength on the towplane end of the rope. The link consists of two Tost Insert # 5 links. One Single-insert round hole and one Reserve-insert oval hole. They are in a Tost protective sleeve with shackles.

The glider end has a weak link of 1/4 inch polypropylene rope (approximately 1050 pound breaking strength). The ring is on short piece of 1/2 inch to serve as a wear link.