Arthur North Airport

De-registration as a private aerodrome. Like many small, private airstrips, its closure was not due to a major event but likely the result of the owner choosing to no longer maintain its official registration with Transport Canada. This can be for various personal reasons, such as retirement of the owner, sale of the property, or the cost and liability of maintaining a registered airfield.

The site is currently private agricultural land. Satellite imagery of the coordinates (43.883333, -80.533333) clearly shows the property is now a farm. The faint outline of the former turf runway is still visible as a long, open grass strip within the fields, and a building that appears to be the original hangar still stands on the property. While the physical layout partially remains, it is no longer an active or registered airport and is not available for public use.

Arthur North Airport was a small, private aerodrome serving the general aviation community. Its significance was primarily local. It featured a single turf runway (approximately 2,600 feet long) and was used for recreational flying by private pilots with small, single-engine aircraft like Cessnas and Pipers. It did not handle commercial, scheduled, or military operations. Its purpose was to provide a convenient base for the owner and potentially other local pilots for personal and recreational flights.

There are no known public plans or prospects for reopening Arthur North Airport as a registered aerodrome. As the land is privately owned and integrated into an agricultural operation, its future use is at the sole discretion of the landowner. Re-establishing it as an official airport would require a new registration process with Transport Canada, which is considered highly unlikely.