Big Harbour Aerodrome

The aerodrome was a private field (registered with Transport Canada as 'Pte'). Closures of such airfields are typically due to personal reasons of the owner, such as retirement, sale of the property, or the rising cost and effort of maintenance. There is no evidence to suggest the closure was due to a specific accident, military conversion, or commercial economic failure.

The site remains private property. The outline of the grass runway is still clearly visible on satellite imagery, but it is completely overgrown with grass and shrubs and is no longer usable by aircraft. The land has effectively reverted to a meadow or field. The adjacent residential home and outbuildings appear to be maintained.

Big Harbour Aerodrome, officially identified by Transport Canada as CBH2, was a private general aviation airstrip. Its significance was local, serving as a base for its owner and potentially other recreational pilots with prior permission. It featured a single turf runway (14/32) measuring 2400 feet by 100 feet, suitable for light single-engine aircraft like Cessnas and Pipers. The aerodrome provided private air access to the scenic Bras d'Or Lake area of Cape Breton Island, supporting the local general aviation community. It never handled scheduled commercial flights or military operations. The ICAO code 'CA-0690' is an unofficial identifier used by some non-governmental databases, likely assigned after its official delisting.

There are no known or published plans to reopen the Big Harbour Aerodrome. As a privately owned strip that has been defunct for over a decade, and with other public airports available in the broader Cape Breton region (like Sydney/J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport and Port Hawkesbury Airport), any prospect for reopening is considered effectively zero.