Swift Current Airport (CYYN) News
Spring 2015
Vol. 5 Issue 1
Swift Current Airport News
Swift Current Airport – Proudly supports:
Saskatchewan Aviation Council
Saskatchewan
Aviation Historical
Society
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Swift Current Airport is located
4 miles (6.5 km) east of the city on Airport Road.
P.O. Box 340
Swift Current, SK
S9H 3W1
Ph: 306.778.4803
Cell: 306.741.6217
Fax: 306.778.1671
email: [email protected]
Several historical projects are presently underway at Swift
Current Airport. The City of Swift Current has partnered
with Braun Agro Distributors, owner of the last remaining
WWII hangar, to apply for funding from the Saskatchewan
Heritage Foundation. The City has also separately applied
for additional funding from Heritage Canada for other
projects yet to be announced. Lastly, funding is being
sought from the Saskatchewan Archaeological Society to
determine if potential artifacts are buried at the airport.
Brent Handy is a former Snowbirds pilot now performing in
his Redline Aerobatics Pitts Special bi-plane. Brent has
offered to perform a free air show on Sunday, May 11th to
meet his certification requirements, pending approval from
Transport Canada. More details will be announced.
Century Flight Club plans to stop at Swift Current Airport
again on July 16th as part of their annual cross-Canada
journey.
More
details
can
be
found
at
www.crosscanadaflight.com.
Swift Current Drag Racing Association’s 2015 event dates
can be found at www.scdra.ca. Pilots, please be sure to
check NOTAMs for arrival and departure procedures during
the events or call Todd Schultz at 306.741.6217.
2015 Developments
The 2015 City of Swift Current capital budget has
some exciting items for Swift Current Airport. The
most notable project is an engineering and design
study for the extension of Runway 30 to a length of
5,000’. Other projects include the addition of plug-ins
at some of the apron tie-downs and the usual asphalt
maintenance program.