Frampton, CA 🇨🇦 Closed Airport
CA-1233
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CA-QC
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Location: 46.509277° N, -70.821927° E
Continent: NA
Type: Closed Airport
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The exact date of closure is not officially documented. However, analysis of historical satellite imagery and aviation database records suggests a gradual cessation of operations sometime between 2013 and 2019. The aerodrome was clearly active in 2013 but appears unmaintained in imagery from 2019 onwards. It is listed as 'closed' in all current third-party aviation databases.
The specific reason for the closure is not publicly available. As a small, privately-owned grass airstrip, the most probable reasons are related to the private owner, such as retirement, sale of the property, prohibitive costs of maintenance and insurance, or a lack of interest in continuing operations. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident, regulatory action, or conversion for military or industrial use.
The site is currently private property. The outline of the former grass runway is still clearly visible on satellite imagery, but it is no longer maintained for aviation use. The land appears to have reverted to a simple agricultural field, possibly used for growing hay. All aviation-related activities have ceased, and the site is a 'ghost airport' with no operational infrastructure remaining besides the faint outline of the strip.
Frampton Aerodrome was a small, private airfield serving the local general aviation community in the Beauce region of Quebec. Its significance was purely local, providing a base for recreational flying. It consisted of a single grass/turf runway (approximately 08/26) with a length of about 2,200 feet (670 meters), suitable for light single-engine aircraft, such as Cessnas or Pipers, and likely ultralights. It had no scheduled commercial service or significant military history. The identifier CA-1233 was an unofficial code used by aviation data aggregators, as the airfield was not officially registered with a standard Transport Canada location identifier.
There are no known or published plans to reopen Frampton Aerodrome. Re-establishing an airport on the site would require a new initiative from a private owner, including significant investment and the process of obtaining regulatory approval from Transport Canada. Given that the land is privately held and appears to be in agricultural use, the prospects for reopening are considered extremely low to non-existent.
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