Sturgeon Falls Airport

Primarily economic reasons and private ownership decisions. Small, privately-owned general aviation airfields like Sturgeon Falls often face significant financial pressures from maintenance costs, liability insurance, and property taxes. With no evidence of a major accident or regulatory shutdown, it is most likely that the owner found it no longer economically viable to maintain and operate the aerodrome for public use.

The airport is permanently closed and the site is now private property. Satellite imagery of the coordinates (46.349998, -79.966667) clearly shows the faint, overgrown outline of the former east-west turf runway. The land appears to be used for rural residential or agricultural purposes. The runway is unmaintained, unusable by aircraft, and is essentially a large field. Any former hangars or airport buildings have likely been repurposed for private use or have fallen into disrepair.

Sturgeon Falls Airport was a small, privately owned, public-use aerodrome that served the local general aviation community in Sturgeon Falls and the broader West Nipissing region of Ontario. It featured a single turf runway, designated 09/27, with a length of approximately 2,600 feet. Its primary function was to support recreational flying for local pilots with small, single-engine aircraft like Cessnas and Pipers. It was a valuable local asset for private aviation but did not handle commercial, scheduled, or military traffic.

There are no known plans, discussions, or prospects for reopening the Sturgeon Falls Airport. The land is privately held, which would be the first major obstacle. Furthermore, the regional aviation needs are well-served by the much larger and fully-equipped North Bay/Jack Garland Airport (CYYB), located approximately 60 km to the east. The significant financial investment required to purchase the land, restore the infrastructure, and meet modern certification standards, combined with a lack of demonstrated demand, makes any potential for reopening extremely unlikely.