Princess Airport

The facility, officially known as Princess Aerodrome (TC LID: CFQ5), was a registered private aerodrome. The closure was the result of a private owner's decision to de-register the airstrip with Transport Canada. This is a common reason for the closure of small, private strips and is typically related to the owner no longer having a need for it, selling the land, retirement, or the cost of maintenance and liability. There is no indication that the closure was due to a specific accident, military conversion, or broader economic factors.

The site is currently a private agricultural property. High-resolution satellite imagery shows the location as a farmstead with adjacent fields. The faint outline of the former north-south runway is still visible but is no longer maintained as an active airstrip. The land appears to have been fully returned to use as pasture or farmland.

Princess Aerodrome was a small, private turf airstrip with local, rather than national, significance. It served as a utility for its owner and the immediate rural community in Special Area No. 2, Alberta. Its primary operations were related to general aviation. It featured a single 2,600-foot turf runway (16/34), which was suitable for light, single-engine aircraft like Cessnas and Pipers. Its use was likely for private recreational flying, transportation for the owner's farm or ranch business, and potentially for supporting local agricultural activities such as crop dusting, which is common in the region.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Princess Aerodrome. As a de-registered private facility, any future reactivation would be solely at the discretion and expense of the current landowner. Given that it has been officially closed and the land is being used for agriculture, the likelihood of it reopening as a registered aerodrome is extremely low.