The Canada Flight Supplement with its current blue cover since Nav Canada took over publication.

An older edition of the Canada Flight Supplement from the period when Transport Canada published the book.

The Canada Flight Supplement (CFS) is an airport directory in paper book form that contains information on every registered aerodrome and certified airport in Canada. It is published by NAV CANADA, and issued once every 56 days on the ICAO AIRAC schedule. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (478x750, 71 KB) Summary Cover of the Nav Canada Canada Flight Supplement 20 January 2005 issue Licensing This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who drew the cover... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (478x750, 71 KB) Summary Cover of the Nav Canada Canada Flight Supplement 20 January 2005 issue Licensing This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who drew the cover... Image File history File links Canada_Flight_Supplement. ... Image File history File links Canada_Flight_Supplement. ... Aerodrome can mean: An Austrian music festival: Aerodrome A series of aircraft constructed by Samuel Pierpont Langley. ... Created by an act of Parliament in 1996, NAV CANADA is Canadas provider of air navigations services. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ...

The book presents runway data, arrival and departure procedures, radio frequencies (for ATC, etc.), and the services (e.g. fuel, hangarage) available at each listed aerodrome. As well, the CFS contains useful reference pages, notably the Interception Order which details the procedures to follow in case an aircraft is intercepted. Most pilots flying in Canada carry a copy of the CFS in case a diversion to another airport becomes necessary due to weather or a mechanical issue. However, carrying a current copy of the CFS is a requirement for Night VFR flights. Aerial picture of a runway of Chennai International Airport, Tamil Nadu A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. ... Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs) at Schiphol Airport Air Traffic Control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. ... An aviation fuel truck. ... Hangars can be used to hold airplanes, airships and helicopters. ...

Because information in the CFS may be out of date, particularly with regard to such issues as runway status and fuel availability, pilots must check NOTAMs before each flight. NOTAM information can be obtained from the NAV CANADA Aviation Weather Website (AWWS) or by contacting the appropriate regional NAV CANADA Flight Information Centre. NOTAM or NoTAM is the quasi-acronym for a Notice To Airmen at the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). ... Flight Information Centres (FICs) are clearinghouses for flight-related information. ...

While NAV CANADA's CFS has the monopoly on paper-version airport directories in Canada, there are several competing internet publications, most notably The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association's Places to Fly user-editable airport directory. The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association is a federally registered not-for-profit association that provides information and advocacy services for Canadian pilots who fly for non-commercial purposes. ...

The existence of any Canadian airport or registered aerodrome can only be verified by looking it up in the CFS as it is the only official Canadian government listing of these facilities.

External links

• COPA's Places to Fly
• NAV CANADA's Aviation Weather Website

• METAR - TAF notices from navcanada.ca