Anderson Point Airport

The airport was almost certainly a private, unregistered aerodrome built to support a specific, temporary project, most likely a mineral or oil and gas exploration camp. The closure was a result of the project's conclusion or abandonment. Once the camp was demobilized, the airstrip was no longer needed, maintained, or used, which is a common fate for remote industrial airstrips in the Canadian Arctic.

The site is completely abandoned. Satellite imagery shows a clearly defined but unmaintained gravel/tundra runway, approximately 3,500 feet (1,070 meters) in length. The surface is weathered and is being slowly reclaimed by tundra vegetation. There are no remaining buildings, hangars, or any other airport infrastructure visible at the site. It is unusable in its current condition and exists only as a scar on the landscape.

Anderson Point Airport served as a critical logistical link for resource exploration activities on the remote Kent Peninsula in Nunavut. Its significance was purely functional, providing essential air access for personnel, equipment, and supplies to a site far from any established communities or infrastructure. Operations would have been private (PPR - Prior Permission Required) and limited to aircraft supporting the project, likely STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) capable planes such as the DHC-6 Twin Otter, DHC-3 Otter, or DHC-2 Beaver, which are workhorses of the Canadian North. It was never a public airport and had no scheduled passenger service.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Anderson Point Airport. Given its extreme remoteness, the lack of any nearby population, and the absence of current economic drivers in the immediate vicinity, there is no justification for the significant cost that would be required to rehabilitate and certify the airstrip for operations. Reopening would only become a remote possibility if a major new resource project were to be established at that specific location.