Cavendish Airport

The airport was a small, private aerodrome. While the specific reason for its closure is not officially documented, it is typical for such strips to be closed due to economic factors or changes in ownership. Common reasons include the owner no longer operating aircraft, the sale of the land, prohibitive costs of maintenance and insurance, or the cessation of the agricultural or recreational activities it supported. There is no evidence of closure due to a major accident or military conversion.

The site has been fully decommissioned and returned to agricultural use. Current satellite imagery shows the land where the runway once existed is now part of a cultivated farm field. The faint outline or 'scar' of the former runway is still visible from the air, but there are no remaining aviation facilities such as hangars, markings, or a windsock. The land is private property.

Cavendish Airport was a private, unregistered aerodrome, identified by the Nav Canada identifier CA-0086 (not an official ICAO code). Its significance was purely local. Located in a major agricultural region of Alberta, its primary function was likely to support aerial application operations (crop dusting) for the surrounding farms. It may also have been used for the private, recreational flying of the landowner. It consisted of a single grass/dirt runway and handled only light, general aviation aircraft. It held no importance for commercial, scheduled, or military air traffic.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Cavendish Airport. The land has been repurposed for agriculture, and there is no apparent economic or community demand for an aerodrome at this remote location. Re-establishing the airstrip would require significant private investment and effort from the landowner with no clear benefit. The prospect of it reopening is considered extremely low to non-existent.