Our flying field is located within Slemon Park which includes the Summerside Airport. This was originally a military airfield, established in 1940 as RCAF Station Summerside. The base had an important role in World War II by training aircrews in the British Common-wealth Air Training Plan and later hosting search and rescue (SAR) and coastal surveillance units during the Cold War. It closed in 1990 and transferred to a local development authority named Slemon Park Corporation. The airport is now home to several aircraft maintenance companies, as well as a small general aviation community.

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