RCAF Station Lachine began operation in 1941 as a transit point for the ferrying of aircraft and the transportation of supplies to Europe during the Second World War.
Until 1943, Lachine was the location of one of five British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) manning depots, No.
Air Transport Command, which had been based at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, moved to Lachine in 1951.
2 Air Movement Group (2 AMU) was formed at Lachine in 1951 and provided support to these squadrons.
Air Transport Command moved to Trenton in September 1959 when the station closed.