18 SFTS) to train aircrew for Second World War operations using the Avro Anson.

Six runways were listed as under construction and detailed as follows: [2] The only Relief Landing field for RCAF Station Gimli was located approximately 10 Miles South on the west side of the hamlet of Netley, Manitoba.

Three runways were listed as under construction and detailed as follows: [3] On a recent drive by the site of the Netley Relief Landing Field (May 2018) there is little trace of the aerodrome from the ground but the former runways can be made out from the satellite imagery available on google maps.

After unification of the three services in 1968, RCAF Station Gimli became a Canadian Forces Base (CFB).

CFB Gimli closed in September 1971 and the flying schools moved to other Canadian forces bases.

The Gimli airfield became the focus of international attention on Saturday, July 23, 1983,[4] when Air Canada Flight 143 made an emergency landing there after a 17-minute powerless glide due to fuel exhaustion.

None of 69 people on board the Boeing 767 aircraft were seriously injured, because the impact with the ground was minimized by the reduced landing speed provided by the slip that increased drag and caused the airplane to quickly reduce speed and to lose altitude.