Basnett Airport

The specific reason for closure is not publicly recorded. As a privately owned aerodrome, the decision was likely made by the owners, Ed & Doreen Basnett. Common reasons for the closure of such small, private airstrips include the owner's retirement, sale of the property, prohibitive maintenance costs, or a diminished need for a private airfield. There is no evidence to suggest the closure was due to an accident, environmental issues, or military conversion.

The airport is permanently closed and the site has been fully converted back to agricultural use. Current satellite imagery of the coordinates (57.372471, -119.824417) shows the former runway area is now an indistinguishable part of a larger cultivated farm field. All airport infrastructure, markings, and facilities have been removed. The faint outline of the former runway is only visible in historical imagery and is no longer apparent on the ground.

Basnett Airport was a small, private aerodrome serving the rural area of Clear Hills County in northern Alberta, Canada. It was not a public airport and had no IATA code, indicating it did not handle commercial passenger traffic. Its primary purpose was to support general aviation activities for its owners and likely other local pilots with permission. The airport featured a single turf runway, designated 10/28, with dimensions of approximately 2,600 feet in length and 75 feet in width. In a remote region like Clear Hills, such private airstrips are valuable for personal transportation, agricultural operations (e.g., crop dusting), or as a base for recreational flying.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Basnett Airport. The land has been repurposed for agriculture by its private owners, making a return to aviation use extremely unlikely. It is no longer listed in any official Canadian aviation publications like the Canada Flight Supplement (CFS).