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Regina Airport Authority welcomes your Camp Borden – now Canadian Forces Base Borden – in
participation in the stakeholder and open Ontario was the birthplace of military aviation in
Canada. In January 1917, a group of Royal Flying Corps
house consultation processes for the 2037
officers from Great Britain, led by Lieutenant-Colonel
Airport Master Plan. Cuthbert Hoare, arrived at Camp Borden, which had

Your participation in the Master Plan process will been used as a camp by the Canadian Expeditionary
help build a stronger airport and achieve RAA’s Force the previous year. Under Lieutenant-Colonel
strategic plan: Hoare’s leadership, the organization known as the Royal
Flying Corps Canada (RFC Canada) built Canada’s first
 Mission “To seamlessly connect people and
flying station from the ground up and trained thousands
business to a world of experiences and of air and ground crew for service overseas. The
opportunities”
aerodrome portion of Borden, which had remained
 Vision “Saskatchewan’s leading travel gateway empty since January 1919, was taken over by the CAF in
and business hub” July 1920. By the time the RCAF was formed on April 1,
1924, RCAF Station Borden was the most important
Master Plan Background
station in terms of assets, personnel and flying

activities. On Wednesday, April 1, 2018, the Royal
Why is the airport updating its Master Plan? Canadian Air Force celebrated its 94th birthday.

The Master Plan is a requirement of Regina Airport
Authority’s Ground Lease with Transport Canada,
and must be updated every 10 years. The Master
Plan is also used by airport management to plan
future development options, to guide future capital
projects and estimate capital funding requirements
for future airport infrastructure.
Open House #3 – March 13, 2018

Open House #3 will occur March 13, 2018. The third
Open House will be the presentation of the draft
final Master Plan report.
Public notices will be communicated prior to the
Open House and Stakeholders will be notified
directly.

Contact Us
If you have input for the Master Plan, please
forward your comments to:

2037YQR@YQR.CA