Places to fly from Rockcliffe > Aviation Lunch
A Saturday or Sunday tradition: just decide to go, take a few friends, enjoy the flight, talk about aviation with some different people, eat a little or a lot, come home. What a plan!
One good way to judge how good an airport restaurant is to see how many locals come there to eat...
Here are places either with a restaurant on the field or within walking distance (ie: less than 20-30 minutes walk from the airport)
COPA also has a list of places to eat in Ontario.
Please tell us about places you have found or tell us about your visits to the places below.
Lachute airport, Quebeca restaurant on the field with a very hospitable atmosphere. Bicycles are available at no cost. Free taxi service is provided within the region. Open 365 days a week. No landing fees. |
Peterborough, Ontarionice long runway, coffee shop. Nice town to visit. (taxi required) |
Les Cèdres, Québec(You already know their unicom frequency...) Restaurant upstairs at the airport but also a place across the road if it is closed. Close to Montréal, but outside controlled airspace, convenient for meeting people from the West end of Montréal. |
How about Gatineau?Like Sherbrooke, it serves good quality meals in a very nice restaurant in the terminal building that overlooks the apron. Gatineau may not be a very far away destination but it is different from Rockcliffe and there are occasions when the fleet of aircraft at Vintage Wings is on display, as well. (thanks Alison Hobbs) |
Mont Laurier:Mont Laurier airport, less than an hour's flight north of CYRO, has a roadside restaurant in beautiful surroundings just a few steps from where you park your aircraft. Walk up the slope through the daisies, sit down and order your breakfast. (Only you have to order it in French.) In season, there are wild strawberries growing on the airfield. (thanks Alison Hobbs) |
Restaurants a short walk from the airport:Morrisburg: either at the golf club or at Upper Canada village. Iroquois: very narrow runway, Prior Permission Required, but given easily. Walk to the beach or to the town. Great place for a family picnic. St Jean sur le Richelieu West Port |
Bromont:"The Bromont airport has one of the best airport restaurants I have seen. The locals even go there for lunch. (Real chicken in their sandwiches - and their prices are very reasonable.)" (review by Bob Cloutier) |
Other places with restaurants on site:St Hubert |