Hodgeville SK airport
At one time many towns across the prairies had small community airports, most of which it seems are now closed. Included in that tally is this one in Hodgeville Saskatchewan, the remains of which include a road sign, a cement foundation and one standing structure, presumably the office and control centre (the terminal). That’s all there is here.
Research so far has not turned up when the facility opened or closed or anything else about it for that matter. It is, so far, a bit of a mystery. It’s assumed this airport had a simple grass runway and what appears to be the faint outline of it can be seen in a field to the east, when viewed from Google Earth.
Airports like this were bases for small private planes and often agricultural services firms (“crop dusters”). As the cost of aircraft ownership increased over the years, these facilities lost most of their customers and closed.
As we know little on this subject we’ll continue to research it. If our readers have something to add, we’d love to hear from you
To read about the town’s grain elevators seen, go here…
Prairie Sentinels – Hodgeville Saskatchewan.
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Date of adventure: May, 2014.
Location: Hodgeville, SK.
I visited this airport location yesterday.
Squinting at Google maps it looks like the runway ran parallel to the road on the east side.
I note that this property on the Saskatchewan SAMA assessment website is still zoned as Commercial / Industrial.
(Sorry for the delay in approving – we’re just recovering from a huge comment’s system crash.)
It’s such a fascinating place, an airport in the literal middle of nowhere.
I was quite delighted to find this write-up as well as the one on the Hodgeville elevators. Hodgeville was home in the late 1960’s, early 1970’s. The runway was grass just as you suspected. We had the privilege of a few flights from this airport on a four seater plane.
That so awesome you commented. Thanks!
Been away for a while. You two have been busy! Love old airports!
It’s hard to imagine a smaller airport then this one.