Portage-la-Prairie / Southport Airport — Portage la Prairie, Canada

Portage-la-Prairie/Southport Airport (YPG) occupies a former Royal Canadian Air Force training base in Manitoba, now repurposed as a civilian aviation and industrial park while retaining significant flight training operations. The facility hosts a major pilot training school utilizing Manitoba's flat prairie terrain and reliable flying weather, alongside aircraft maintenance, testing, and aviation manufacturing businesses that have moved into the redeveloped base infrastructure. Southport's transformation from military installation to a civilian aerospace hub reflects a common pattern across Canada, where decommissioned wartime and Cold War-era air bases find new life supporting commercial and training aviation. The long runways originally built for military purposes now serve modern flight schools.