Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport

RCAF Station Prince Albert

The airport was originally opened near Prince Albert on 22 July 1940 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School, with Relief Landing Fields located near Hagen and Emma Lake. The school closed on 15 November 1944.^[4]

From 17 March 1941 to 11 November 1942, the station doubled as No. 6 Air Observer School.

All that remains of the former No. 6 EFTS are two World War II era hangars. A monument was erected to pay tribute to the 17 airmen and one civilian who died in training accidents at the school.

RCAF Aerodrome Prince Albert c.1942

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 53°13′N 105°41′W / 53.217°N 105.683°W / 53.217; -105.683 with a Var. 20 degrees E and elevation of 1400'. 3 serviceable runways were listed as follows: ^[5]

Relief landing field – Hagen

A Relief Landing field for RCAF Station Prince Albert was located approximately 18 miles South-East. The site was located west of the hamlet of Hagen, Saskatchewan. The Relief field was a square, turf, all way field measuring 2100' x 2100'. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 52°57′N 105°40′W / 52.950°N 105.667°W / 52.950; -105.667 with a Var. 20 degrees E and an unlisted elevation.^[6] A review of Google Maps satellite imagery on 7 June 2018 shows no details indicating a airfield at the listed coordinates.

Origin of Airports Current Name

This airport is now named for Floyd Glass, who learned to fly in the late 1930s, then served as a military flying training instructor during the Second World War. Postwar, he was the first general manager of the provincial Crown corporation Saskatchewan Government Airways. He resigned from this post, flew briefly with British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Airways, then returned to Saskatchewan and in 1955 formed his own firm, Athabaska Airways, which still exists under the name "Transwest Air". Glass died in 2000.