Weyburn Airport, (TC LID: CJE3), is located 2.2 NM (4.1 km; 2.5 mi) northeast of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada.
During World War II the aerodrome was constructed in 1941 as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan graduated 1,055 pilots and recorded more than 180,000 hours of flight time over the before being abandoned in June 30, 1944. Other uses included a children's physiological hospital in the 1950s and the home of the Western Christian College from 1957 until 1989. Some of the original hangars are still in existence.
Two runways remain in operation, while runway 18/36 is abandoned.
Famous quotes containing the word airport:
“Airplanes are invariably scheduled to depart at such times as 7:54, 9:21 or 11:37. This extreme specificity has the effect on the novice of instilling in him the twin beliefs that he will be arriving at 10:08, 1:43 or 4:22, and that he should get to the airport on time. These beliefs are not only erroneous but actually unhealthy.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950)