Article content City council voted 5-2 Monday to initiate a process towards declaring surplus and selling the Owen Sound Billy Bishop Regional Airport, with a preference that the buyer continues to operate the facility as an airport. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Council votes to kick-start process towards selling Owen Sound airport Back to video They also set a deadline – Dec. 31, 2022 – to either complete the sale or cease operating the airport if a purchaser isn’t found by then. Councillors who supported the motion cited the $235,000 annual net cost to operate the airport and the fact the facility is not accessible to or used by most Owen Sound residents as reasons for their vote.