Claire Courty is one of more than 50 high school students contributing to a surge in activity at the regional airport in Medicine Hat, Alta.

The 17-year-old says she has taken to the sky over southeast Alberta at least 20 times since the start of the year thanks to Prairie Rose public division’s flight school.

A partnership launched six years ago between the Dave Rozdeba South Alberta Flight Academy and Super T Aviation allows Courty and her peers to acquire their private pilot's licence along with their high school diploma.

That training, according to airport manager Logan Boyd, is a key contributor in positioning Medicine Hat Regional Airport as one of the fastest growing in Canada by air traffic activity this quarter.

Airport manager Logan Boyd says Medicine Hat Regional Airport is

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