New Zealand Airport

Cessation of private operations. New Zealand Airport (also known as New Zealand Aerodrome) was a small, privately owned and operated turf airstrip. Such airfields typically close due to personal reasons of the owner, such as retirement, sale of the property, or the prohibitive cost and labor of maintaining a runway for infrequent private use. There is no evidence of closure due to an accident, military conversion, or broader economic failure.

The site is no longer an active airport and has been returned to nature and agricultural use. Satellite imagery of the coordinates shows that the former turf runway is completely overgrown and is now indistinguishable from the surrounding fields. The land is used for farming, which is typical for the region.

The airport's official designation was New Zealand Aerodrome, with a Transport Canada Location Identifier of CNZ2. The ICAO code CA-0258 is a non-official identifier used in some third-party databases. Its significance was purely local, serving as a private general aviation facility for its owner, Lorne MacLeod, and likely a few other local pilots with prior permission. Operations consisted of light, single-engine aircraft for recreational and personal flights. It featured a single turf runway (10/28) approximately 2,600 feet in length. The aerodrome was a characteristic example of the numerous private, grassroots airstrips that support personal aviation in rural Canada.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. As a former private strip on private land that has since been fully reclaimed for agriculture, the likelihood of it being re-established as an aerodrome is virtually zero. There is no public or commercial demand that would warrant the significant investment required to restore the runway and facilities.