Macfarland Airport

The airport was closed for private economic and operational reasons. It was a corporate airstrip owned and operated by the Macfarland Company Ltd., a local wood treatment and preservation business. The closure was likely due to the company ceasing its aviation activities, a change in business needs that no longer required a private airstrip, or cost-saving measures. There is no indication of closure due to military conversion or a specific accident.

The airport is permanently closed and abandoned. Satellite imagery shows the runway's outline is still visible as a grass strip, but it is unmaintained and unusable for aviation. There are no runway markings, lighting, or support facilities remaining. The land is privately owned, and the adjacent area continues to be used for industrial purposes, consistent with its origins as part of a wood processing facility. The site is not accessible to the public.

Macfarland Airport was a private, unregistered aerodrome with no significant public historical role. Its importance was purely industrial, serving the logistical needs of its owner. Located in Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick, it supported the operations of the Macfarland Company. The single grass/gravel runway handled light general aviation aircraft, such as Cessna or Piper models, used for corporate transport of personnel, flying in urgent parts or supplies, and potentially for aerial surveying of the company's extensive timberlands in the region. It was a tool for a local industrial enterprise, not a public transportation facility.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Macfarland Airport. As a privately owned strip that has been officially de-registered, any reactivation would require a significant private investment and a new certification process with Transport Canada. Given the proximity of the fully-serviced Edmundston Airport (CYES), located approximately 30 km to the southeast, there is no practical or economic case for reopening this small, private strip. The prospects for reopening are considered to be nonexistent.