Warren / Woodlands Airport

The original military base was closed due to the end of its mission with the winding down of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) after World War II. The later civilian airport closure was due to economic reasons, including low usage, high maintenance costs for the aging infrastructure, and the land's value for agricultural purposes.

The site is now privately owned and used for agriculture. The distinct triangular runway layout from its WWII-era construction is still clearly visible from the air, but the asphalt and gravel surfaces are severely deteriorated, overgrown, and unusable for aircraft. The former runways and taxiways are used as farm access roads and for equipment storage. Some of the original large hangars and other buildings from the 1940s remain on the site, having been repurposed for agricultural storage (e.g., grain, machinery) and other farm-related functions.

The airport's primary historical significance is as RCAF Station Woodlands, a major training base during World War II. It operated from December 1941 to February 1945 as No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP). The school trained thousands of air bombers and wireless air gunners for the Allied war effort, using aircraft such as the Fairey Battle, Avro Anson, and Bristol Bolingbroke. The site features the classic BCATP triangular runway layout. After the war, the property was sold as surplus and was repurposed as a private/public civilian airfield for general aviation before its final closure.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The significant cost required to restore the runways and facilities to meet modern aviation standards, combined with its current use as productive private farmland and the proximity of other airports like Winnipeg/St. Andrews Airport (CYAV) and Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (CYWG), makes reopening highly improbable.