Moose Jaw Municipal Airport is a general aviation facility located east north-east of

Moose Jaw Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javian ...

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. It has a single paved runway and series of hangars and support structures.

Ground transportation

The airport is connected with Moose Jaw by Highway 301 (connecting with the

Trans-Canada Highway The Trans-Canada Highway (French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on ...

- Saskatchewan Highway of Heroes) to the west side of the airport. A dirt drive leads out to the road. Cars can park along the grass / dirt next to the tarmac.

Tenants

* Skydive South Sask - a Regina-based skydiving school which uses the airport as drop zone * Moose Jaw Flying Club * Provincial Airways - fixed-base operator

History

During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

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 ...

used this site as the secondary relief landing field (R2) for No. 32 Service Flying Training School located at

RCAF Station Moose Jaw Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw , also known as 15 Wing Moose Jaw, is a Canadian Forces base located south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and is home to RCAF Pilot traini ...

. The facility was named "RCAF Aerodrome Burdick, Saskatchewan".

References

{{Authority control Registered aerodromes in Saskatchewan Buildings and structures in Moose Jaw Moose Jaw No. 161, Saskatchewan Transport in Moose Jaw Airports of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

Ground transportation

Tenants

History

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