Prince Edward County, CA 🇨🇦 Closed Airport
CA-0437
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CA-ON
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 43.945944° N, -77.244208° E
Continent: NA
Type: Closed Airport
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Approximately late 2000s to early 2010s. While an exact date is not officially recorded, the airstrip was de-listed from the Canada Flight Supplement (CFS) and other aviation databases during this period. The land was redeveloped starting in the mid-2010s, confirming its closure well before then.
Sale and redevelopment of the land. White's Airstrip was a private field. The land was sold and subsequently developed into a commercial solar energy facility, making the continuation of airport operations impossible. The closure was not due to a specific accident or military conversion.
The site of the former airstrip has been completely repurposed. It is now the location of the White Mills Solar Project, a large, utility-scale solar farm. All traces of the runway, hangars, and other aviation-related infrastructure have been removed and replaced with rows of solar panels. The land is used exclusively for renewable energy generation.
White's Airstrip was a small, private aerodrome serving the general aviation community in Prince Edward County. It featured a single unpaved turf runway, estimated to be around 2,200 feet long, oriented roughly east-west. Its operations were limited to small, single-engine private aircraft for recreational purposes under Visual Flight Rules (VFR). The airstrip held no significant commercial or military importance but was a functional landing area for local pilots and a known landmark in the regional aviation community.
Zero. There are no plans or prospects for reopening White's Airstrip. The land has been permanently and completely redeveloped for a long-term industrial purpose (solar farm), which makes reverting the site to aviation use physically and economically infeasible.
Private airstrip used during the filming of Fly Away Home (1996) starring Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin, based on the story of Father Goose, Bill Lishman.