The Winnipeg Gliding Club has the following facilities and equipment:
Facilities
- Hangar
- Training Center
- Kitchen
- Washrooms
- Shower
- Campground
- Flight recorders
- Parachutes
Equipment
Runways
- 13/31 3000 ft by 275 ft turf
- 09/27 1900 ft by 125 ft turf
- 18/36 2550 ft by 200 ft turf
Flight Supplement Information
- No winter maintenance
- Runways rough
- Aerodrome traffic frequency 123.4
- Field elevation: 785 ft
- Field phone number: (204) 735-2868
- Field location: N49 42 22 W97 40 50
- Gliders fly left hand circuits. Powered aircraft fly right hand circuits.
Ropes
The club is presently using Superdan 3/8" rope which has a breaking strength of 3920 lbs. The club’s tow ropes are 200 feet long.
The club uses a Tost metal weak link of 1100 pound (500 kilo) strength on the towplane end of the rope. The link consists of two Tost Insert # 5 links. One Single-insert round hole and one Reserve-insert oval hole. They are in a Tost protective sleeve with shackles.
The glider end has a weak link of 1/4 inch polypropylene rope (approximately 1050 pound breaking strength). The ring is on short piece of 1/2 inch to serve as a wear link.