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Summerside Airport is located north-northwest of Summerside,
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History

The airport was formerly a military airfield, established in 1940 as RCAF Station Summerside, changing its name to
CFB Summerside Canadian Forces Base Summerside (CFB Summerside) was an air force base located in St. Eleanors, Prince Edward Island, Canada, now part of the city of Summerside. RCAF Station Summerside World War II The airfield was constructed by the Royal Ca ...
in 1968. The base was active in training aircrews in the
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during
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and hosting
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(SAR) and coastal surveillance units during the
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. CFB Summerside was closed in 1990 and transferred to a local development authority named Slemon Park Corporation. The base property is now referred to as Slemon Park and the airfield has been named Summerside Airport. The airport is home to several aircraft maintenance companies, as well as a small
general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
community. Summerside Airport's airfield and terminal facilities are located in the township of Lot 17 and not in the city of Summerside proper; the municipal boundary is adjacent to the airport property with the city including the residential area of Slemon Park but not the airfield and industrial properties.


Past scheduled passenger airline service

The airport was served by
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during the 1960s and early 1970s which operated nonstop flights to
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and the
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as well as direct service via a stop at the
Charlottetown Airport Charlottetown Airport is located north of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The airport is currently run by the Charlottetown Airport Authority, is owned by Transport Canada and forms part of the National Airports System. The airp ...
to Halifax,
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, Deer Lake, Gander and St. John's with
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prop aircraft and
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turboprop aircraft. In 1995,
Atlantic Island Airways Summerside Airport is located north-northwest of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. History The airport was formerly a military airfield, established in 1940 as RCAF Station Summerside, changing its name to CFB Summerside in 1968. The b ...
was operating
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jet service with nonstop flights from
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as well as direct one stop service from
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.Jan. 1995 OAG North American Pocket Flight Guide, Summerside flight schedules


See also

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List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Canada This article contains a List of Facilities of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) in Canada. The BCATP was a major program for training Allied air crews during World War II that was administered by the Government of Canada, and c ...


References


External links


Official website
Registered aerodromes in Prince Edward Island Transport in Prince County, Prince Edward Island Buildings and structures in Summerside, Prince Edward Island {{PrinceEdwardIsland-airport-stub