Canadian Skydive Centre Airport

Business relocation. The airport was a private facility dedicated to a skydiving company. The company moved its operations to the Innisfail Airport, which offered better facilities and infrastructure. The closure was an economic and logistical decision by the business owner, not due to military conversion, a major accident, or regulatory action.

The airport is closed and inactive. Satellite imagery shows the grass runway is still visible but is unmaintained and becoming overgrown. The associated buildings, including the former hangar and office, are still standing but their current use is unknown; they are likely vacant or used for private storage. The site is private property surrounded by agricultural land and is not accessible to the public.

The airport, known locally as the Didsbury Dropzone, was a private, unregistered aerodrome. Its sole function was to serve as the base for commercial skydiving operations. For over a decade, it was operated by 'Skydive Big Sky', which later rebranded as 'Alberta Skydive Central'. The facility was a significant hub for the sport skydiving community in the Calgary and Central Alberta region, utilizing light aircraft like Cessnas to take jumpers to altitude. It had no scheduled passenger or cargo services. The identifier 'CA-1158' is a non-official code used by some third-party databases and not a formal ICAO or Transport Canada identifier.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The skydiving operation has successfully established itself at the new location in Innisfail. As the Didsbury site is privately owned, its future use is at the discretion of the landowner, with a return to full agricultural use being the most likely long-term outcome.