North Battleford/Hamlin Airport

North Battleford/Hamlin Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – TC LID: CJD4
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Battlefords' Airspray
Location	North Battleford No. 437, near Hamlin, Saskatchewan
Time zone	CST (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	1,800 ft / 549 m
Coordinates	52°52′48″N 108°17′19″W / 52.88000°N 108.28861°WCoordinates: 52°52′48″N 108°17′19″W / 52.88000°N 108.28861°W
Map
CJD4 Location in Saskatchewan
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 2,400 732 Asphalt 11/29 2,400 732 Asphalt
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]

North Battleford/Hamlin Airport, (TC LID: CJD4), was located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeast of Hamlin, Saskatchewan, Canada.

This airfield was built under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during World War II as the R1 - primary relief field - for RCAF Station North Battleford. Pilots trained here using Airspeed Oxford aircraft; it is listed as operating from 4 September 1941 to 30 March 1945.^[2] More recently, one runway continued to be maintained for use in agricultural flight training by Battlefords Airspray^[3]

As of 15 March 2007, this airport is not usable and has been removed from the Canada Flight Supplement.^[2][4]

References

1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
2. Places to Fly - North Battleford / Hamlin (formerly RCAF Auxiliary Field Hamlin)
3. .Battlefords Airspray
4. Airport changes from the Canada Flight Supplement