NAV CANADA, the country’s provider of civil air navigation services, conducted an aeronautical study that reviewed the airspace in the vicinity of Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (CYXE). The aeronautical study recommended Increasing the dimensions of the Saskatoon Control Zone (CZ) to a 7 nautical mile (NM) radius with a cut out to exclude the Richter Field Aerodrome (CRF5) and designating it Class C airspace.
The modified airspace in the vicinity of Saskatoon will be appear in the Designated Airspace Handbook (TP 1820E) as follows:
CONTROL ZONES
Class C
Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker Intl, SK
The airspace to 5000’ (3300’ AAE) within the area bounded by a line beginning at:
N52°16′ 43.85 W106° 37’44.94″ thence clockwise along the arc of a circle of
7 miles radius centred on
N52°10’15.00 W106°41’59.00″ (Saskatoon, SK – AD) \ to
N52°17’08.75 W106°43’47.45″ to
N52°15’12.88 W106°42’41.64″ thence clockwise along the arc of a circle of
5 miles radius centred on
N52°10’15.00 W106°41’59.00″ (Saskatoon, SK – AD) \ to
N52°14’52.11 W106°38’55.32″ to
N52°16’43.85 W106°37’44.94″ point of beginning
This change will take effect on 19 March 2026 at 0901 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The appropriate aeronautical publications will be amended.
