Port Albert Airfield

As a small, privately owned aerodrome, the closure was not due to a major incident or large-scale economic event. The reason was a private decision by the owner to cease aviation operations. This is common for small airfields and is often related to the sale of the property, the owner's retirement from flying, or the prohibitive cost and liability of maintaining a private runway.

The site is now private property and has been fully converted to agricultural use. Current satellite imagery shows that the area of the former grass runway is now part of a larger cultivated field, with no visible traces of the runway remaining. A building that likely served as a private hangar or workshop associated with the airfield still stands on the property, but the land is no longer recognizable or usable as an airfield.

Port Albert Airfield was a private aerodrome that served the general aviation community in the Huron County area of Ontario. Its primary function was as a base for recreational flying for the owner and other pilots who had obtained prior permission (PPR). It featured a single turf runway, oriented approximately 14/32, with a length of around 2,200 feet. The airfield supported light, single-engine aircraft and was a local asset for private pilots, but it had no commercial, industrial, or military role. Its significance was confined to the local recreational flying community.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Port Albert Airfield. The land has been repurposed for agriculture, and re-establishing it as an aerodrome would require a new owner to purchase the land, cease farming operations, and undertake the significant process of re-registering and certifying the site with Transport Canada. This is considered highly unlikely.