Smith Field

While no official reason was published, the closure is characteristic of many small, private aerodromes. The most likely reasons are economic or personal, such as the high cost of maintenance, liability, and insurance, or a decision by the owner to sell the property or retire from aviation. The land was subsequently converted back to full-time agricultural use.

The site is currently private agricultural land and is actively farmed. The coordinates point to a field where the faint outline of the former runway can sometimes be seen in satellite imagery due to soil compaction and drainage differences. A building that was likely the hangar or a workshop associated with the aerodrome still stands on the north end of the property, and appears to have been repurposed for agricultural or storage use.

Smith Field was a small, privately owned aerodrome of local significance to the general aviation community. It was not a commercial or military airport. Its primary function was to support recreational flying. It featured a single turf runway, oriented roughly north-south, with a length of approximately 2,600 feet. As a private field, it operated on a 'Prior Permission Required' (PPR) basis, meaning pilots had to contact the owner for permission before landing. It served as a base for the owner's aircraft and for visiting pilots in the Southern Ontario region.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Smith Field. The land has been fully reclaimed for agriculture for over a decade, making the cost and logistics of re-establishing it as an aerodrome prohibitive. It is considered permanently closed.