Swift Current Airport
airport in Saskatchewan, Canada
Swift Current Airport (IATA: YYN, ICAO: CYYN) is located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
History
1930–1939
Swift Current Airport began as a crude aerodrome in the 1930s, part of Canada's national "100-mile interval" aerodrome system.
1939–1945 World War II
Shortly after the outbreak of WWII, a Royal Canadian Air Force Station was established at the Aerodrome and was made home to the Royal Air Force (RAF) No. 39 Service Flying Training School on 15 December 1941. The school trained RAF pilots on intermediate aircraft. No. 39 SFTS was integrated into the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in 1942 and the school operated at the base until 24 March 1944. The base was one of more than 100 similar facilities constructed across Canada during WWII, a major infrastructure project (even by today's standards) that provided jobs for communities still reeling from the Great Depression.
Some of the infrastructure from the WWII training base remains today. The airfield layout, that is, the runways and taxiways, retains virtually the same configuration as it did originally.
The public source identifies “Swift Current Airport” as airport in Saskatchewan, Canada. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Swift, Current and Airport.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3913112. Authority coordinates are 50.292, -107.691. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1930, 1939, 1945 and 1941.
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