Medicine Hat Airport

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Medicine Hat Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is located Script error: No such module "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).

Airlines and destinations

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History

Aerodrome

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". with a Var. 21 degrees E and elevation of Script error: No such module "convert".. Six runways were listed as follows:[1]

Runway name Length Width Surface
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16R/34L Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Hard surfaced
16L/34R Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Hard surfaced
9R/27L Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Hard surfaced
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Relief landing field - Holsom

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". with a Var. 22 degrees E and elevation of Script error: No such module "convert".. Three runways were listed as follows:[2]

Runway name Length Width Surface
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6/24 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Hard surfaced
2/20 Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "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

References

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