Stanhope Airport

The closure was primarily due to economic and governmental policy reasons. As an Airport of Entry (AOE), its main function was to provide customs and immigration services for general aviation aircraft arriving from the United States. It is widely believed that the Canadian government withdrew customs services from the airport due to declining cross-border traffic and the high cost of maintaining the service at such a small facility. Without its port-of-entry status, the airport lost its primary strategic value and was no longer economically viable, leading to its eventual closure and abandonment.

The site is abandoned as an aviation facility. Satellite imagery shows the paved runway is still clearly visible but in a severe state of disrepair, with numerous cracks, vegetation growth, and large white 'X' markings at both ends, indicating it is permanently closed to all aircraft. The adjacent land appears to be privately owned, and any former hangars or terminal buildings are either gone or repurposed for non-aviation use, such as storage. The runway is sometimes used by locals for driving or walking, but it has no official function.

Stanhope Airport's primary historical significance was its role as a convenient Canada-US border crossing point for private and general aviation. Its official identifier was CST2. Located just meters from the Vermont border, it was designated as an Airport of Entry (AOE), allowing pilots to clear Canadian customs directly after landing. It featured a single paved runway (approximately 3,000 feet long) and handled a steady flow of light aircraft, serving tourists, business travelers, and property owners in Quebec's Eastern Townships region. Its proximity to the Stanhope-Norton land border crossing made it a unique and vital piece of cross-border infrastructure for the aviation community for many years. The identifier 'CA-1099' is a non-standard code used in some third-party databases to catalog the closed airfield.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Stanhope Airport. The significant deterioration of the runway pavement would require a complete and costly reconstruction. Given the decades since its closure and the availability of other airports in the region (such as Sherbrooke Airport, CYSC), there is no economic or logistical incentive for its revival as an aviation facility.