Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago

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Back in mid-September, De Havilland Canada announced that they’ll be building a brand new aircraft manufacturing facility just 30 minutes east of Calgary.

Since then, they've released an official Area Concept Plan with some more technical details, so let's take a look and see what this could mean for aviation in Alberta!

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SOURCES:

[1] De Havilland Field Press Release: dehavilland.com/en/news/posts/de-havilland-canada-announces-site-of-new-alberta-aircraft-manufacturing-facility

[2] About De Havilland Field: dehavillandfield.com/about

[3] The DHC-515: dehavilland.com/en/news/posts/de-havilland-aircraft-of-canada-limited-launches-dhc-515-firefighter

[4] Reviewing the Twin Otter and Dash 8-400s: skiesmag.com/news/de-havilland-to-build-large-manufacturing-campus-near-calgary-to-meet-future-production-needs%EF%BF%BC

[5] DHC’s existing Calgary presence: vikingair.com/twin-otter-series-400/twin-otter-answers/where-are-twin-otter-airplanes-manufactured

[6] De Havilland Field Area Concept Plan:
dehavillandfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1905-31-De-Havilland-Field-Area-Concept-Plan_Sept28_2022.pdf

[7] The Hybrid-Electric Dash 8: dehavilland.com/en/news/posts/de-havilland-canada-working-with-pratt-whitney-canada-to-support-the-development-of-sustainable-hybrid-electric-aircraft-propulsion-technology

[8] Hydrogen-Electric Dash 8-400 Engines: dehavilland.com/en/news/posts/de-havilland-canada-and-zeroavia-announce-memorandum-of-understanding

[9] Derivatives of other DHC Types: calgaryherald.com/business/varcoe-heartbeat-is-going-to-be-here-in-alberta-de-havilland-to-announce-major-aircraft-manufacturing-complex-west-of-calgary

[10] Aircraft Group Numbers, TP312 pg. 30: tc.gc.ca/wwwdocs/TCDR/en/aviation/publications/TP312-ENG-05-amendment-1-15jan2020.pdf

[11] Boeing 767 Wingspan: boeing.com/commercial/767

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