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Originally Posted by HOWITZER
Hey do any of you know if one can fly a private plane onto the airstrip in Banff? Are there any other landing strips in that area of the park that you can land at?
EDIT: I did a little more digging, and I guess landing/taking-off in any national park in the country is prohibited. There was a law in the late 90s entitled the National Parks Aircraft Access Regulations that came into effect closing the Banff airport. It is now maintained simply as a diversion airport. Interesting.
Is there any landing strips immediately surrounding the park one could land at? haha
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I did a single touch and go on that strip many years ago. The approach from the north was always intensely turbulent due to the runway brilliantly being perched directly below Cascade Mountain. If there was any wind out of the west the downdraft off that ridge could be deadly. Once you actually get down to the grass, you better have tundra tires, I wasn't sure I would get off again because it was so rough. Oh and the runway was often covered in wildlife. A lot of factors that just made it generally unsafe.
Even if you could legally land there, I would recommend elsewhere.