Originally known as Deseronto Airport, the field opened in 1917 as a training school for pilots during World War I. During World War II, it hosted the No. 1 Instrument Navigation School for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, providing advanced instrument-navigation training to air crews. During this time, the airport was also used as the primary relief landing field for the Central Flying School, based out of RCAF Station Trenton.
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as "RCAF Aerodrome - Mohawk, Ontario" at 44°11′N77°07′W / 44.183°N 77.117°W / 44.183; -77.117 with no variation or elevation listed. The field was listed as "all hard surfaced" and had three runways listed as follows:[2]
Runway name
Length
Width
Surface
4/22
2,500 ft (760 m)
150 ft (46 m)
Decommissioned, hard surfaced
15/33
2,575 ft (785 m)
150 ft (46 m)
Asphalt
9/27
4,270 ft (1,300 m)
150 ft (46 m)
Asphalt
References
^Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 1. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 136.
