Saunders Park, Municipal park in Halifax, Canada

Saunders Park is a park in Halifax's West End, on Chebucto Road at the west side of Connaught Avenue between Bayers Road and Chebucto Road. It occupies part of the former Halifax Civic Airport, the city's first aerodrome, built on the old Bluebell Farm in 1931. The airfield's hangars and terminal stood near today's park along Connaught Avenue.

Halifax's first aerodrome opened on the former Bluebell Farm in 1931, with two grass airstrips of 1,800 by 600 and 2,000 by 600 feet, lengthened by 200 and 250 feet in 1938. Civil operations ended in 1941, when the land became the Military District Number Six Depot of the Canadian Army; flights moved to Dartmouth Airport, and the hangars and terminal stood near today's park on Connaught Avenue.

The park is named after Wing Commander Donald W. Saunders, a key figure in Halifax's aviation history. This name serves as a daily reminder of the community's deep connection to flight and aeronautical development.

Saunders Park sits on Chebucto Road at the west side of Connaught Avenue, between Bayers Road and Chebucto Road, in the West End of Halifax. The old hangars and terminal building of the former airfield stood near this spot along Connaught Avenue. The park serves the neighbourhood of Westmount.

The plaque beneath the memorial sculpture records that Wing Commander Donald W. Saunders managed the Halifax Municipal Airport from 1931 to 1937 and had instructed the Halifax Flying Club since 1928. It also notes that during the War of 1939-1945 the ground held Military District Number Six Depot of the Canadian Army.