Brandon Municipal Airport
Brandon Municipal Airport
Brandon Municipal Airport (also known as Brandon Airport or McGill Field) (IATA: YBR, ICAO: CYBR) is an airport located 1.6 km (0.99 mi) north of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. It serves the City of Brandon, the Westman and Parkland regions of Manitoba, and eastern Saskatchewan. Brandon Municipal Airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from the International Peace Garden Border Crossing. WestJet Encore operates daily non-stop service from Brandon to Calgary International Airport. Brandon Municipal Airport is home to the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum.
Location
49.910°N, 99.952°O · 409 m s. n. m. (1.343 ft)
General data
Runways · 2
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Area control (center)
Flight information
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
World War II
Brandon Aerodrome was originally built by the Department of National Defence in 1941, for use as a Royal Canadian Air Force flight training school under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Pilots were trained at the airport on Cessna Cranes and Avro Ansons, among other aircraft, for Second World War flying service. In 1945, the school was closed in conjunction with the end of the Second World War.
Portions of the former RCAF Station Brandon are now classified as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is a popular tourist attraction located at the airport that commemorates the BCATP and the former Station.
Commercial service
Brandon Municipal Airport has had scheduled passenger air service operated by a number of airlines since the late 1970s. Perimeter Aviation served Brandon Airport in the early 1980s with weekday flights to Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport operated with Beechcraft commuter aircraft. Pacific Western Airlines introduced Boeing 737-200 service to Brandon Airport in the mid-1980s, operated on a round trip routing of Vancouver–Kelowna–Calgary–Brandon–Thunder Bay–Toronto six days a week.
During the 1990s, Bearskin Airlines flew Beechcraft Model 99 commuter turboprop aircraft between Brandon Municipal Airport and Winnipeg International Airport with four daily flights, and Perimeter Aviation flew Swearingen Metro commuter propjets with two daily flights between Brandon and Winnipeg. Athabaska Airlines also operated weekday flights to Winnipeg using Beechcraft 1900C commuter prop-jets.
2000s
On September 3, 2013, WestJet Encore launched daily non-stop service from Brandon to Calgary International Airport operated with Bombardier Q400 aircraft. From June 29, 2016 to September 5, 2016, WestJet operated limited-time non-stop service from Brandon to Toronto Pearson International Airport utilizing Boeing 737 aircraft, stating that the service may return dependent on demand and fleet availability.
A major redevelopment and expansion of the passenger terminal building was announced by local and provincial government officials on August 14, 2014 to meet increased passenger demand. Construction began in 2015, and the new Brandon Municipal Airport terminal building officially opened on May 10, 2017.
Airlines operating here · 1
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YBR
MLA
“Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YBR. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YBR.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YBR (Accessed: 17 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Brandon Municipal Airport (YBR)}},
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}Wikipedia
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