Medicine Hat Airport

Medicine Hat Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is located Template:Convert southwest of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. WestJet Encore services the airport daily from Calgary.

During World War II the site was used as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP).

History

Aerodrome

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at Template:Coord with a Var. 21 degrees E and elevation of Template:Convert. Six runways were listed as follows:

Runway name	Length	Width	Surface
2R/20L	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced
2L/20R	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced
16R/34L	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced
16L/34R	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced
9R/27L	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced
9L/27R	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced

Relief landing field - Holsom

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at Template:Coord with a Var. 22 degrees E and elevation of Template:Convert. Three runways were listed as follows:

Runway name	Length	Width	Surface
13/31	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced
6/24	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced
2/20	Template:Convert	Template:Convert	Hard surfaced

Second World War training

RCAF Station Medicine Hat was home to No. 34 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) of the Royal Air Force, which became part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The SFTS was open from 8 April 1941 to 17 November 1944. In 1939, the Department of National Defence appropriated the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Grounds, which was also used as a prisoner of war camp.

See also

• Medicine Hat/Schlenker Airport

External links

• Template:Official website

• Place to Fly on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory

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