Norwood, CA 🇨🇦 Closed Airport
CA-1093
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650 ft
CA-ON
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 44.365692° N, -77.997785° E
Continent: NA
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: PY4 CPY4
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| Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
08/26 |
2500 ft | 50 ft | GRVL | Active |
Approximately 2007-2008. The aerodrome was officially delisted from the Canada Flight Supplement (CFS), the country's official airport directory, around this period.
The specific reason is not publicly documented, which is common for small, private airfields. However, the closure was most likely due to economic or personal reasons for the private owner. These typically include the sale of the property, retirement of the owner, prohibitive costs of maintenance and insurance, or the land being repurposed for more profitable use, such as agriculture.
The site is now private property and has been converted into agricultural land. Satellite imagery clearly shows that the former runway area is now part of a cultivated farm field. The faint outline of the airstrip is still slightly visible from the air. A local road adjacent to the site retains the name 'Airport Road', serving as the primary public reminder of the former aerodrome.
Norwood Airport was a small, private aerodrome, not a public commercial airport. Its significance was purely local. It featured a single turf and gravel runway (Runway 10/28) approximately 2,600 feet long. The airport primarily served general aviation, catering to private pilots and small personal aircraft. It may have also supported some local agricultural aviation (crop dusting). It did not handle any scheduled passenger or cargo operations.
There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land has been fully integrated into agricultural use, and reopening would require significant investment to purchase the land and reconstruct all aviation facilities. Given its history as a small private strip, there is likely insufficient demand to justify such an effort.
I drove past there and it looks completely closed, the hangars are still there but the airstrip is fully covered in snow.
Parts of the runway are used by vehicles. When I landed there earlier this year the centre of the runway looked fine, but not far from it the gravel looked to be several inches deep and loose. The worst area was the turn around at the west end, where the gravel was very loose and had some ruts from vehicles. As long as you watch for and avoid the worst looking areas the runway should be fine when taxiing. On take off and landing be sure to stay on the centreline where the gravel isn't as loose. My opinions may also be due to my limited experience flying from gravel strips.