Bromont (Roland Désourdy) Airport

Roland-Désourdy Airport Bromont (Roland Désourdy) Airport
Glider runway at the airport
IATA: ZBM ICAO: CZBM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Régie Aéroportuaire Régionale des Cantons de l'Est
Location	Bromont, Quebec
Time zone	EST (UTC−05:00)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL	374 ft / 114 m
Coordinates	45°17′27″N 072°44′31″W / 45.29083°N 72.74194°W / 45.29083; -72.74194Coordinates: 45°17′27″N 072°44′31″W / 45.29083°N 72.74194°W / 45.29083; -72.74194
Website	aeroport.bromont.qc.ca
Map
CZBM Location in Quebec
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 5,004 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements 5,607
Source: Canada Flight Supplement Movements from Statistics Canada.

The Roland-Désourdy Airport (IATA: ZBM, ICAO: CZBM) (formerly known as Eastern Townships Regional Airport or simply Bromont Airport) is located 3.4 nautical miles (6.3 km; 3.9 mi) west-southwest of Bromont, Quebec, Canada.

Traffic at Roland-Désourdy Airport is represented mainly by small, single-engine aircraft; jets and big aircraft are not common. The airport serves general aviation and has no scheduled flights.

A commercial aircraft maintenance facility also operates in ZBM.

The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle commercial and general aviation aircraft, with no more than 15 passengers.

This airport was built for sport-type aviation; there is a school that operates three classic light single-engine aircraft, Cessna 150, Cessna 172 and Piper Cherokee. The Royal Canadian Air Cadets fly time tested, Schweizer SGS 2-33 gliders with tow plane, and O-1 Bird Dog (Cessna L-19), during spring and late summer camps dedicated to introduction flights for kids and during summer to take young student pilots for solo flight and glider pilot licensing.

The ACE Glider Club is based at the Roland-Désourdy Airport and glider and soaring flight operations normally span from April to October. Military Glider flight operations (Air Cadets) take place only from the grass runway and are frequently canceled due to wet, muddy, unsafe conditions. Air cadets tow planes take off from the grass runway and land on the asphalt runway. Operation of high performance civil gliders take place on the asphalt runway at ZBM. These high performance gliders use the same pattern and procedures as all other motorized aircraft.