Summerside Airport is located 3.5 NM north-northwest of Summerside

Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Summerside is a Canadian city in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is the second largest city in the province and the principal municipality for the western part of the island.- History :...

, Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

, Canada

Canada

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The airport is one of only two on Prince Edward Island with instrument approach

Instrument approach

For aircraft operating under instrument flight rules , an instrument approach or instrument approach procedure is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing, or to a point...

es for bad-weather operations (the other is Charlottetown

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....

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History

The airport was formerly a military field, established in 1940 as RCAF Station Summerside, changing its name to CFB Summerside

CFB Summerside

Canadian Forces Base Summerside was an air force base located in St. Eleanors, Prince Edward Island, Canada, now part of the city of Summerside.-RCAF Station Summerside:...

 in 1968. The base was active in training aircrews in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan , known in some countries as the Empire Air Training Scheme , was a massive, joint military aircrew training program created by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, during the Second World War...

 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 and hosting search and rescue (SAR) and coastal surveillance units during the Cold War

Cold War

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. It 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 Summerside Airport's airfield and terminal facilities are located in the township of Lot 17

Lot 17, Prince Edward Island

Lot 17 is a township in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Richmond Parish....

 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.

External links

• Page about this airport on COPA's
  Canadian Owners and Pilots Association
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  Places to Fly airport directory
• Official web site for this airport