South Shore Regional Airport
airport in Nova Scotia, Canada
Liverpool/South Shore Regional Airport or South Shore Regional Airport (ICAO: CYAU) is a registered aerodrome located in Greenfield, 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) north northwest of Liverpool, in the Region of Queens Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada.
History
Established with the participation of the Town of Liverpool, the Municipality of the County of Queens, and the South Queens Chamber of Commerce, the aerodrome opened with a 3,000-foot (910 m) gravel landing strip in 1970. The runway was paved in 1975, at which time a paved apron was also constructed.
The aerodrome was further improved in 1983-84. In the 1990s, the runway was extended, the apron was expanded, and the pavement load capacity was improved such that the airport can now accommodate light jet aircraft or aircraft up to the size of the Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
In the 2000s the avgas aviation fuel delivery system was decommissioned. This led to a decline in traffic. The avgas facility has since been restored.
On 12 January 2016, the Region of Queens council voted down a motion to close the airport. In 2016, a new 15-year lease agreement was reached between the municipality and the flying club.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “South Shore Regional Airport” as airport in Nova Scotia, Canada. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as airport in Nova Scotia, Canada. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3915750. Authority coordinates are 44.230, -64.856. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1970, 1975, 1983 and 2016.
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This entry incorporates text from “South Shore Regional Airport” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.