Cabin Airport

The airport's closure was a direct result of the suspension and subsequent permanent decommissioning of the Cabin Gas Plant, which it exclusively served. The plant, originally operated by Westcoast Energy and later by Duke Energy and Spectra Energy (now Enbridge), was a major sour gas processing facility. As the plant was idled and eventually slated for demolition, the economic justification for maintaining and operating a private airstrip for personnel and supplies ceased to exist.

The site is abandoned and inactive. Satellite imagery shows the gravel runway is still clearly visible but is unmaintained, with vegetation encroaching on the edges. The adjacent Cabin Gas Plant facility has been undergoing decommissioning and reclamation. The airstrip is not used for any aviation or other industrial purposes and is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Cabin Airport was a private aerodrome (registered, not certified) that was critical to the operation of the remote Cabin Gas Plant from the 1960s until the early 2000s. Its primary function was to support the fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) workforce, transport management, deliver urgent parts and supplies, and facilitate medical evacuations from a location with limited road access. The 4,000-foot gravel runway handled various charter aircraft, likely including turboprops such as the DHC-6 Twin Otter and Beechcraft King Air. The airport's existence was intrinsically linked to the development and operation of the natural gas industry in northern British Columbia.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Cabin Airport. The industrial facility it was built to support has been permanently decommissioned. Given the high cost of re-establishing and certifying an aerodrome and the lack of any other local community or economic driver, it is highly improbable that the airport will ever be reactivated.