Swift Current Airport

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Swift Current Airport is operated by the City of Swift Current

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Swift Current Airport (IATA: YYN, ICAO: CYYN) is located 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
From 1940 to 1944, the airport served as a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan base for pilots who served with the Royal Air Force. Pilots were trained mostly in North American Harvards, Airspeed Oxfords and Avro Ansons.
The airport had scheduled flight service throughout the 1950s and '60s. No major carriers presently provide scheduled passenger flight service. The airport is utilized by corporate aircraft, government aircraft and private aircraft.
The airport serves as a potential point of service for local and regional commuter air services, support of the oil and gas sector, a base for charter aircraft operations, point of service for air ambulance operations, forward base for wildfire aerial suppression, a base for flying training activities, a tourism gateway to southwestern Saskatchewan, a base for corporate and private aircraft owners and operators and a base for other general aviation activities.
Under the National Airport Policy iniated by the federal government in the 1990s, the City of Swift Current assumed airport operations from Transport Canada and contracted out airport services until mid-2011. The City of Swift Current assumed direct management of the airport from this point going forward.
Swift Current Airport has the following services: a 24-hr card lock fuel facility (accepting VISA & MasterCard) dispensing 100LL gasoline & Jet A-1 turbine fuel, a 24-hr Pilot's Lounge with washrooms, vending & flight planning resources, an aircraft maintenance shop (Craft Aviation), parking & tie-downs.

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