RCAF Station Weyburn was located north-east of
Weyburn
Weyburn is the eleventh-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The city has a population of 10,870. It is on the Souris River southeast of the provincial capital of Regina and is north from the North Dakota border in the United States. The n ...
,
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
, Canada at the hamlet of
North Weyburn and was constructed in 1941 by the
Royal Canadian Air Force
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environm ...
(RCAF) as part of the
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The Station was home to No. 41 Service Flying Training School and during its operation graduated 1,055 pilots and recorded more than 180,000 hours of flight time before being abandoned on 30 June 1944.
Aerodrome information
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Weyburn, Saskatchewan at with a variation of 17 degrees east and elevation of . Six runways were listed as follows:
Relief landing field – Halbrite
A Relief Landing field for RCAF Station Weyburn was located approximately south-east. The site was located south of the village of
Halbrite. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Halbrite, Saskatchewan at with a variation of 16 degrees east and an elevation of . The Relief field was laid out in a triangle with three runways, detailed in the following table:
A review of Google Maps satellite imagery on 8 June 2018 shows no details indicating an airfield at the listed coordinates.
Relief landing field – Ralph
A Relief Landing field for RCAF Station Weyburn was located approximately south-east of Weyburn and approximately south of the unincorporated community of Ralph south of
Highway 39. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Ralph, Saskatchewan at with a variation of 16 degrees east and an elevation of . The Relief field was detailed as "Turf - All way field - Servicable" and was drawn as a triangular layout with no dimensional information.
A review of Google Maps satellite imagery on 8 June 2018 shows no details indicating an airfield at the listed coordinates.
See also
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List of airports in Saskatchewan
This is a list of airports in Saskatchewan. It includes all Nav Canada certified and registered water and land airports, aerodromes and heliports in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Airport names in are part of the National Airports System ...
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Weyburn Airport
References
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Military airbases in Saskatchewan
Weyburn
Weyburn is the eleventh-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The city has a population of 10,870. It is on the Souris River southeast of the provincial capital of Regina and is north from the North Dakota border in the United States. The n ...
Weyburn
Weyburn is the eleventh-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The city has a population of 10,870. It is on the Souris River southeast of the provincial capital of Regina and is north from the North Dakota border in the United States. The n ...
Military history of Saskatchewan
Defunct airports in Saskatchewan