Gainsborough Airport

The closure was most likely due to economic factors and declining use, a common fate for small rural airfields. The airport was operated by the Gainsborough Flying Club, and such clubs often face challenges with funding, insurance costs, maintenance, and dwindling membership. With the land having significant value for farming in the region, it was economically more viable to sell or revert the property to agricultural use once the flying club ceased operations.

The site of the former Gainsborough Airport is now actively used as agricultural farmland. Current satellite imagery clearly shows the land at the coordinates (49.1833, -101.4330) is a cultivated field. The faint, ghostly outlines of the two former intersecting runways are still visible from the air, but there are no remaining airport facilities such as hangars, terminals, or markings. The land has been fully reclaimed for farming.

Gainsborough Airport was a small, private aerodrome that served the local general aviation community in and around the village of Gainsborough, Saskatchewan. Its significance was primarily local, providing a base for recreational pilots of the Gainsborough Flying Club and offering air access for light aircraft to this rural area. It was not a commercial or military facility. According to the 2006 Canada Flight Supplement, the airport operated under 'Prior Permission Required' (PPR) status and featured two turf runways: Runway 13/31 was 2600 feet long, and Runway 04/22 was 2200 feet long. It supported operations for light single-engine aircraft like Cessnas and Pipers.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Gainsborough Airport. The land has been fully converted to productive agricultural use, and the economic and community need for a local airfield has not been re-established. Reopening the airport would require significant capital investment to re-purchase the land from its current owner and rebuild all necessary infrastructure, which is highly improbable.