Airport with runway straddling the border of the U.S. and Canada will close

[mahatmakanejeeves]

U.S. News
Airport with runway straddling the border of the U.S. and Canada will close

Updated 12:45 PM EST, December 24, 2024
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ROSEAU, Minn. (AP) — The Piney-Pinecreek Border Airport has a unique claim to fame — its runway straddles the border of the U.S. and Canada. But after seven decades of operation, the small airport that sits near Roseau, Minnesota, and Piney, Manitoba in Canada, will close for good on Friday.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation said in a news release earlier this month that the airport “had very low use and faced large maintenance expenses including runway, apron and terminal reconstruction. The international agreement required to operate the airport expires on Dec. 26 and will not be renewed by either airport owner.”

The airport opened in 1953 with a grass runway — a paved runway was added in 1978. It is one of six airports straddling the border, but the only one with a paved runway. It was often used by Americans traveling to Canada to hunt and fish.

Under the international agreement, staff at the airport are allowed to cross between the two countries for their work without going through the typical customs process.

[Walleye]

1. I don't know about this particular airport, but I have a feeling

We are going to see a lot of things that we thought of as progress rolled back to where they were. If we ever get the chance, we have to start all over again. Just wait, they’ll be trying to repeal the civil rights act next

[SheltieLover]

2. Not surprising considering slob is starting off alienating allies. Again.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. At least aircraft owners were given a few weeks notice of its closure...

Back in 2003, the owner/operators of aircraft at Meigs Field in Chicago never even got a warning that the city was closing the airport. Mayor Daley sent a bulldozer in the middle of the night to tear up the runway by digging two deep X's on each end of the runway. Pilots had to use the taxiways to "evacuate" their aircraft from the now-closed airport. I always thought that was a shitty thing for Daley to do.