Strandberg Creek Airport

The airport was closed for economic reasons. It was a private aerodrome built to serve a specific industrial purpose, most likely a logging camp or a mining operation in this remote region of British Columbia. Such airstrips are typically abandoned once the resource camp they support ceases operations, or when improved road access makes air transport redundant. The high cost of maintaining a remote runway without an economic driver leads to its abandonment.

The airport is abandoned and completely unusable. Satellite imagery shows the asphalt runway is still visible but is severely weathered, cracked, and being reclaimed by nature, with significant vegetation growing through its surface. There is no remaining infrastructure such as buildings, hangars, or lighting. The site is slowly reverting to the surrounding forest.

Strandberg Creek Airport was not of major national significance but was a critical piece of transportation infrastructure for local resource extraction industries. Its 3,000-foot paved runway indicates it was built to handle more substantial charter aircraft than a typical bush strip, suggesting a significant operation. When active, it would have been used to fly in personnel, transport time-sensitive supplies and parts, and provide a vital link for medical emergencies. The airport is representative of the many private industrial airstrips built across northern British Columbia during the mid-to-late 20th century to support the province's forestry and mining sectors before the expansion of the regional road network.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Strandberg Creek Airport. The cost to clear the land and completely rebuild the runway surface would be substantial. Given its remote location and the absence of any new, major industrial or commercial activity in the immediate vicinity that would require air access, reopening is considered extremely unlikely.