Brandon Municipal Airport (also known as Brandon Airport or McGill Field) is an airport located north of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. It serves the City of Brandon, the Westman and Parkland regions of Manitoba, and eastern Saskatchewan. Brandon Municipal Airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from the International Peace Garden Border Crossing. WestJet Encore operates daily non-stop service from Brandon to Calgary International Airport. Brandon Municipal Airport is home to the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum. History World War II Brandon Aerodrome was originally built by the Department of National Defense in 1941, for use as a Royal Canadian Air Force flight training school under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Pilots were trained at the airport on Cessna Cranes and Avro Ansons, among other aircraft, for Second World War flying service. In 1945, the school was closed in conjunction with the end of the Second World War. Portions of the former RCAF Station Brandon are now classified as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is a popular tourist attraction located at the airport that commemorates the BCATP and the former Station. Commercial service Brandon Municipal Airport has had scheduled passenger air service operated by a number of airlines since the late 1970s. Perimeter Aviation served Brandon Airport in the early 1980s with weekday flights to Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport operated with Beechcraft commuter aircraft. Pacific Western Airlines introduced Boeing 737-200 service to Brandon Airport in the mid-1980s, operated on a round trip routing of Vancouver–Kelowna–Calgary–Brandon–Thunder Bay–Toronto six days a week. During the 1990s, Bearskin Airlines flew Beechcraft Model 99 commuter turboprop aircraft between Brandon Municipal Airport and Winnipeg International Airport with four daily flights, and Perimeter Aviation flew Swearingen Metro commuter propjets with two daily flights between Brandon and Winnipeg. Athabaska Airlines also operated weekday flights to Winnipeg using Beechcraft 1900C commuter prop-jets. 2000s On September 3, 2013, WestJet Encore launched daily non-stop service from Brandon to Calgary International Airport operated with Bombardier Q400 aircraft. From June 29, 2016 to September 5, 2016, WestJet operated limited-time non-stop service from Brandon to Toronto Pearson International Airport utilizing Boeing 737 aircraft, stating that the service may return dependent on demand and fleet availability. A major redevelopment and expansion of the passenger terminal building was announced