North Battleford Airport

North Battleford Airport
North Battleford Airport
IATA: YQW – ICAO: CYQW – WMO: 71876
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	City of North Battleford
Location	North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	1,799 ft / 548 m
Coordinates	52°46′09″N 108°14′40″W / 52.76917°N 108.24444°WCoordinates: 52°46′09″N 108°14′40″W / 52.76917°N 108.24444°W
Map
CYQW CYQW Location in Saskatchewan
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06/24 2,572 784 Asphalt 12/30 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft movements 9
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada[3]

North Battleford Airport, (IATA: YQW, ICAO: CYQW), is located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) east of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was built during World War II as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and known as RCAF Station North Battleford. The station hosted RAF No. 35 Service Flying Training School from 4 September 1941 to 25 February 1944, and then RCAF No. 13 SFTS until 30 March 1945. Relief airfields were located at Brada and Hamlin.^[4]

Postwar it became known as North Battleford (Cameron McIntosh) after Cameron Ross McIntosh. It was transferred from Transport Canada to the City of North Battleford on January 1, 1997.^[5]

The North Battleford Gliding Centre, a Royal Canadian Air Cadet gliding centre, stores its gliders outside in permanent tie downs, and has office space in a trailer. The gliding centre conducts winch and air-tow operations in both the spring and the fall. The gliding centre currently operates two gliders, Number 2 (C-GCLS) and Number 10 (C-GRFQ); one winch, and one Bellanca Scout Towplane #5 (C-GBAZ).

In April 2010 a contract was awarded for renovations to the air terminal building.^[6]

Terminal building

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
2. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
3. Total aircraft movements by class of operation
4. Hatch, F. J. (1983). The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945. Ottawa: Directorate of History, Department of National Defence. ISBN 0660114437.
5. City transportation infrastructure
6. Archived April 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

• Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory

• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for North Battleford Airport from Nav Canada as available.