In 1935 the RCAF constructed a landing field on a section of the
Canadian Army's
Currie Barracks located in southwest Calgary. The airfield was known as Currie Field or the Calgary Military Airport. In 1938, the aerodrome was home to two RCAF squadrons:
No. 3 (Bomber) Squadron with the
Westland Wapiti and
No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron with the
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin and later, the
Hawker Hurricane. No. 1 (F) Squadron was renumbered to 401 Squadron when it was posted overseas for combat duty. During the
Second World War, the
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) established
No. 3 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) at the airfield. Aircraft flown at this school were
Avro Ansons and
Cessna Cranes. No. 3 SFTS closed on September 28, 1945. After the war, No. 10 Repair Depot was located at the station until 1947 when No. 25 Air Materiel Base Calgary was formed. The base was renamed
RCAF Station Lincoln Park. Among the station's functions, Lincoln Park was a training centre for
NATO pilots. This training facility closed in 1958 and the station became an emergency landing field. RCAF Station Lincoln Park was closed in 1964, but portions of the base were retained to house military families. The former hangar line at Lincoln Park was taken over by the various Army field units garrisoned at
CFB Calgary. The remaining property was sold to
ATCO, the City of Calgary and
Mount Royal College. The main campus of Mount Royal University now occupies a section of the old aerodrome while the old hangars are occupied by various businesses.
Aerodrome information The airfield was one of the few double-sided aerodromes built for wartime training with six parallel runways formed in a triangle rather than the typical three runways formed in a triangle. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at with a Var. 24 degrees E and elevation of . Six runways were listed as follows:
Relief landing field - Airdrie The primary relief landing field (R1) for No.3 SFTS was located near the community of Airdrie, Alberta. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at with a Var. 24 degrees E and elevation of . The aerodrome was listed with three runways as follows: The BCATP runways are all now abandoned and a new longer runway has been installed through the middle of the abandoned runways. The site now operates as
Airdrie Aerodrome.
Relief landing field - Inverlake The secondary relief landing field (R2) for No.3 SFTS was located near the community of Inverlake, Alberta. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at with a Var. 23.5 degrees E and elevation of . The aerodrome was listed as a turf, triangular all way field with three runways as follows: ==No. 37 Service Flying Training School==