Medicine Hat Airport is located southwest of

Medicine Hat Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, ...

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, Canada.

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services the airport daily from

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. During

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the site was used as part of the

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(BCATP).

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

History

Aerodrome

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

Relief landing field - Holsom

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

Second World War training

RCAF Station Medicine Hat was home to No. 34 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) of the

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, 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

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camp.

References

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