Baie-Trinité Airport

Primarily economic reasons resulting from corporate consolidation. The airport was a private facility owned and operated by the forestry company 'Produits Forestiers Donohue Inc.'. In 2000, Donohue Inc. was acquired by Abitibi-Consolidated (which later became Resolute Forest Products). Following the merger, the new parent company likely streamlined its assets and deemed the private airstrip at Baie-Trinité redundant or too costly to maintain, leading to its eventual closure and abandonment.

The airport is permanently closed and completely abandoned. An analysis of current satellite imagery of the coordinates (49.399859, -67.31246) shows the clear outline of the former runway. However, the surface is in a state of decay, heavily overgrown with grass, shrubs, and small trees, making it unusable for any aviation purposes. There are no visible structures such as hangars, terminals, or service buildings remaining on the site. The land appears to be unused and is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Baie-Trinité Airport was a private aerodrome crucial to the region's forestry industry. Its main purpose was to support the extensive logging operations of Donohue Inc. in the remote Côte-Nord region of Quebec. The airport was not open to the public and handled company-specific operations, including:
- Transporting personnel such as managers, engineers, surveyors, and mechanics to and from remote work sites.
- Flying in urgent replacement parts for heavy machinery to minimize operational downtime.
- Potentially serving as a staging point for emergency medical evacuations for workers injured in the forest.
The airport featured a single gravel runway (approximately 2500 feet long), making it suitable for specialized Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) aircraft, commonly known as bush planes, which are essential for accessing remote Canadian territories.

There are no known plans, discussions, or prospects for reopening the Baie-Trinité Airport. The specific industrial need that led to its creation no longer exists in the same capacity. Furthermore, the small population of Baie-Trinité and the surrounding area is adequately served by the much larger, public Baie-Comeau Airport (CYBC), located approximately 80 km to the southwest, which offers scheduled passenger services. Without a significant economic or industrial driver, the cost of restoring and maintaining the airfield is prohibitive, and it is considered permanently defunct.