Leo Creek Airport

Economic. The airport was a private aerodrome built and operated exclusively to support remote logging operations in the Omineca region. It was closed and subsequently abandoned after the forestry camp it served was decommissioned. This is a common fate for industrial airstrips once the primary economic activity in the area ceases.

The airport is abandoned and unmaintained. High-resolution satellite imagery shows the runway clearing is still perfectly visible but is significantly overgrown with grass, weeds, and small shrubs. There are no remaining buildings or infrastructure on the site. The area is accessible via the Leo Creek Forest Service Road (FSR), but the site itself is not in use for any purpose and is slowly being reclaimed by the surrounding British Columbia forest.

The airport's significance was purely industrial and logistical. As a private aerodrome (Pvt) listed in the Canada Flight Supplement, it was a critical transportation link for the remote Leo Creek logging camp. Its 3500 x 100 ft gravel runway handled regular flights for personnel transport (crew changes, management), delivery of urgent supplies and parts for heavy machinery, and emergency medical evacuations. The operations would have exclusively involved STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) capable bush planes, such as the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter, and various Cessna models, which are essential for accessing remote Canadian wilderness.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Leo Creek Airport. Its remote location, the high cost of restoring and certifying an airstrip, and the absence of any new major industrial or commercial development in the immediate vicinity make its reactivation economically unfeasible. It will likely remain an abandoned 'ghost' airstrip.