Ponsonby Field

Cessation of use by its private owner. Small, private airstrips like Ponsonby Field typically close when the owner sells the property, retires from flying, passes away, or finds the upkeep and liability are no longer desirable. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a specific accident, military conversion, or commercial economic failure, as it was never a commercial operation.

The site is now fully reverted to agricultural use. The land where the runway existed is part of a larger cultivated farm field. From satellite imagery, the faint scar or outline of the former north-south runway is still slightly visible due to soil compaction, but the land is actively plowed and planted with crops. All aviation-related infrastructure has been removed, and the site is indistinguishable from the surrounding farmland at ground level.

Ponsonby Field was a small, private grass airstrip used for general aviation and recreational flying. Its significance was primarily local, serving as a personal airfield for its owner(s) and likely their associates. Operations would have consisted of light, single-engine aircraft such as Cessnas, Pipers, or homebuilt planes. It was never a public airport with scheduled services. The ICAO identifier 'CA-1000' is a non-official, pseudo-code. Official Canadian ICAO airport codes begin with the letter 'C' (e.g., CYYZ for Toronto Pearson). 'CA-1000' was likely assigned by a third-party database or a flight simulator community (like Microsoft Flight Simulator or X-Plane) to give the unregistered field a unique identifier within their system.

There are zero known plans or prospects for reopening Ponsonby Field. The land is privately owned and is being actively and productively farmed. Re-establishing an airfield would require the landowner to cease agricultural operations on that parcel and undergo the necessary regulatory steps, which is highly improbable. The airport is considered permanently closed.