Clearwater Airport

The primary reason for closure was its replacement by the new, superior Clearwater (North Thompson Regional) Airport (IATA: YCW, ICAO: CYNC), located just a few kilometers away. The new airport offered better facilities, a paved and longer runway, modern navigation aids, and improved safety standards, which made the older, more primitive airstrip (CA-0093) redundant.

The site of the former airport is now a long, overgrown grassy field. It is no longer maintained or used for aviation. Satellite imagery shows the clearing where the runway once was, but there are no remaining airport markings, buildings, or infrastructure. The land appears to have been returned to a natural state or is part of an adjacent private property.

CA-0093 was the original airstrip serving the community of Clearwater, BC. It was a basic, likely unpaved (grass or gravel) runway situated alongside the North Thompson River. It primarily handled general aviation traffic, including private aircraft for local residents and businesses, charter flights for tourism (such as access to Wells Gray Provincial Park), forestry patrol aircraft, and potentially early air ambulance services. It served as a vital transportation link for this relatively remote community for many years before the new airport was established.

There are no plans or prospects for reopening this airport. The community's aviation needs are fully and more effectively met by the modern, certified, and operational Clearwater (North Thompson Regional) Airport (CYNC). Reopening the old, obsolete airstrip would be economically and logistically unfeasible and would serve no practical purpose.