<\/p>\n <\/p> In 1960 La Ronge Aviation built a hangar on the cross strip (the cross strip had been added in 1953). La\u00a0Ronge\u00a0Aviation started with a C180\u00a0and then expanded their fleet to over 15 aircraft including the Beaver, the Otter and C185s. In\u00a01963 Norcanair bought Sask Airways and operated a DC3, a Twin Otter, an Astecs Twin and some C180 \u2013 C185s. Most of these aircraft were used as float planes in the summer and were on skis for the winter.<\/p>\n The original airport serviced La Ronge and the north until 1976 when the new airport was constructed by Transport Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan just north of La Ronge. The new airport provided an instrument approach runway and a non-instrument approach cross wind. The 5,000 foot main runway was paved, as were the taxiways and aprons and it was equipped with a 24 hour Flight Service Station.<\/p>\n <\/p> In the same year Norcanair moved to the new airport with a temporary terminal building. La Ronge\u00a0Aviation and Athabaska Airways also built hangers.\u00a0Then in 1977-78 the Government of Saskatchewan built a large hangar to\u00a0service their water bomber fleet and operated out of their tanker base on apron III at the north end of the airport. At this time Woodland Aero also built a hangar bringing the total to four hangars. Later Norcanair was bought in 1982 by High Line Airways which operated a scheduled service to La Ronge and other points north.\u00a0 Then in 1986 High Line was bought out by Time Air operating with a Dash 7 aircraft.<\/p>\n A new terminal building combined with a Flight Service Station cap was opened in 1988. The new terminal building services scheduled flights, charter flights, as well as many visiting tourists and itinerant traffic.\u00a0The following year Shell Mobil established a refuelling service supplying jet and avgas. As of 2016 Snowbird Petroleum also provides refuelling services.<\/span><\/p>\n In 2000 La Ronge Aviation and Athabaska Airways merged to form Transwest Air. Transwest Air operates out of the airport to this day providing scheduled flights, charters, medivacs and helicopter services . In 2008 Osprey Wings expanded their company to include an IFR Division operating from the airport with 300 series Twin Otters, 1900D, and B200 aircraft. Two large hangars were built to facilitate maintenance and storage.<\/span><\/p>\n In December of 2015 West Wind Aviation purchased Osprey Wings\u2019\u00a0IFR Division including two hangars and the fleet based here. Today Transwest Air and West Wind Aviation have ticket counters in the terminal building to handle passengers, clients and baggage. The La Ronge Airport has been operated by Transport Canada, the Saskatchewan Government Department of Highways and Transportation , and is presently owned and operated by the Town of La Ronge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-airport2.png” title_text=”old airport2″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”71px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ border_width_bottom=”4px” border_color_bottom=”#e02b20″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/MG240_BX01_A-General_AirRonge_Air_1972_05_141.jpg” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Aerial photograph of original airfield in the 1950s<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ border_width_bottom=”4px” border_color_bottom=”#e02b20″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/la-ronge-airport-aerial.jpg” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Google Satellite photo of the new airfield<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ border_width_bottom=”4px” border_color_bottom=”#e02b20″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/old-atb.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Original Flight Service Station at the new airfield<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ border_width_bottom=”4px” border_color_bottom=”#e02b20″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/new-atb.jpg” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.24.2″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”|20px||20px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n New Terminal Building with Flight Service Station as viewed from airside<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Barber Field A regional airport with large responsibilities, the La Ronge Airport is aiming to build on its past legacy of service to the north, while looking forward to a bright and sustainable future as the aviation hub of Northern Saskatchewan.History of YVCIn 1947 the Department of Natural Resources built the first airstrip at La […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-671","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2136,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/671\/revisions\/2136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.cyvc.ca\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/view-of-the-float-planes-300x225.jpg\")
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<\/p>\nOriginal Airfield<\/h2>\n
New Airfield<\/h2>\n
Original Flight Service Station<\/h2>\n
New Terminal Building with Flight Service Station<\/h2>\n