| Airport Business Area | |
|---|---|
| — Neighborhood — | |
| Saskatoon Inn | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| City | Saskatoon |
| Suburban Development Area | North Industrial SDA |
| Neighbourhood | Airport Business Area |
| Annexed | 1965-1969 |
| Government | |
| • Administrative body | Saskatoon City Council |
| • Councillor | |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Average Income | $ |
| Time zone | UTC (UTC-6) |
| City of Saskatoon Neighborhoods | |
Airport Business Area is an industrial park located in the North Industrial SDA Suburban Development Area of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Industrial parks are usually located close to transport facilities, especially where more than one transport modalities coincide. The Idylwyld Drive North, Sk Hwy 11 Louis Riel Trail, and Sk Hwy 12 concurrency are all accessed directly from the Airport Business Area. The Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport is north of the Airport Business Area. Circle Drive marks the southern boundary, with access to SK Hwy 14 and Sk Hwy 16, the Yellowhead Trans Canada.
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The land was annexed from the rural municipality of Corman Park between 1965-1969. The Airport Business subdivision is several major trucking routes. The Idylwyld Drive North, Sk Hwy 11 Louis Riel Trail to Prince Albert via Warman, and Sk Hwy 12 to Blaine Lake via Martensville concurrency mark the eastern boundary. Circle Drive marks the southern boundary, with access to SK Hwy 1`4 and Sk Hwy 16, the Yellowhead Trans Canada. It is a main thoroughfare through the city connecting Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It also connects west Saskatoon with the bedroom communities of Warman and Martensville.
Until the early 2000s, the Airport Business Area consisted of three separate districts:
McNab Park, a small residential community that served as military housing until the 1960s when Saskatoon's airport ceased to double as an air base;
Airport Industrial, a business/commercial park that developed east of the airport and east of McNab Park beginning in the 1970s;
Lark Haven (alternately spelled Larkhaven), another business park that developed south of McNab Park in the early 1980s.[1] As of 2009, McNab Park continues to be a residential area.[2] however the city plans to remove the housing the convert the area into business park in the future. The Airport Business Area also includes a newly plotted, but as of 2008 undeveloped business park west of the Lark Haven section and east of the Hampton Village.
An oddity to the area is Lark Place. This street has been shown on maps as a street that crossed at the intersection of Circle Drive and Airport Drive since Saskatoon's early years. Despite it still appearing on maps, Lark Place is considered a paper street.
The Airport Business Area park is a mix of commercial and industrial concerns south east of the Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport. Areva NC (formerly named COGEMA resources), R.C.A.F. Memorial Park, Shaw Communications, Global Television are businesses based in the airport business park. Saskatoon Inn, Heritage Inn, Travelodge, Sandman Hotel and Country Inn and Suites are next to the airport for the travelling business person. Saskatoon Hyundai and Auto Clearing are auto dealerships which make their home base in the Airport Business Area.
In the Airport Business Area subdivision are 3374 full time employees and 841 part time employees.[3]
The airport business area is a part of the local area plans of the City of Saskatoon infrastructure development. Some of the upcoming plans are to structure Airport Drive as a “Gateway to Saskatoon” and phase out residential communities for example at McNab Park and re-vamp the area to light industrial and business park uses. Rename the area to Airport Business Area from Airport Industrial Area, and incorporate Hamption Industrial area within Airport Business Area. Develop the area west of Airport Drive and North west of Circle Drive. Reserve the Larkhaven Park formation as a park space.[4][5]
| Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | |||
| Hampton Village | North Industrial | |||
| Airport Business Area | ||||
| Hudson Bay Park | Mayfair |