RCAF Detachment Alliston


Royal Canadian Air Force Detachment Alliston was opened in July 1940 near the village of Alliston, Ontario, this small aerodrome served as the No. 2 Relief Landing Field for No. 1 Service Flying Training School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, located at RCAF Station Camp Borden. The airfield at RCAF Detachment Alliston consisted of three runways in a standard triangular pattern, but unlike the RCAF Detachment Edenvale, they were compressed grass runways and there were no lights for night landings. The airfield was abandoned at the end of World War II and the land was sold for farmland.

Aerodrome

In approximately 1943 the aerodrome was listed at with a variation of 8 degrees west and elevation of. The field was listed as an "All-way turfed field" and had three runways listed as follows:
Runway NameLengthWidthSurface
15/33Turf
9/27Turf
3/21Turf

Today, not the slightest trace remains of RCAF Detachment Alliston.