It is dedicated to the memory of the airmen from the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, who trained at World War II air stations across Canada.

The museum is in stage 1 of redevelopment, which will see it restored to include the main hangar, medical building, chapel, H-hut aircrew barracks, motor pool building, canteen and interpretive center.[when?]

The museum contains several World War II aircraft, displays of navigation, pilot, bombardier, ground crew and transport equipment, various artifacts and a gift shop.

The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.

[1] The museum temporarily closed in 2022 for structural repairs to its hangar.