R T Leblanc Airport

The specific reason is not officially documented, which is common for small, private airfields. However, evidence points towards economic reasons, likely the sale and redevelopment of the land. The closure was not due to a major accident or military conversion. The subsequent appearance of a large excavation pit (borrow pit) on the property confirms the land was repurposed for industrial or commercial use, making the airfield obsolete.

The site is completely abandoned as an airfield and is unrecognizable from its aviation past. Current satellite imagery shows the former runway area has been significantly altered. The northern portion of the property is now dominated by a large, water-filled excavation pit. The southern portion is heavily overgrown with trees and brush. The land is not used for aviation and appears to be either abandoned industrial land or repurposed for water management or resource extraction.

R T Leblanc Airport was a small, privately owned airfield. Its significance was primarily local, serving its owner (presumably R. T. Leblanc) and potentially other local pilots with permission. It was not a public or commercial airport. Aeronautical charts from the 1970s through the 1990s depict it as having a single unpaved/turf runway, approximately 3,000 feet in length. Operations would have consisted of light general aviation aircraft, such as single-engine planes used for personal transportation or recreation. Given its rural location, it may have also occasionally supported agricultural aviation activities.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the R T Leblanc Airport. The physical transformation of the site, including the large excavation pit located directly on the former runway alignment, makes a future as an airport financially and logistically infeasible without massive and cost-prohibitive land remediation.