Albion Municipal Airport

The specific reason for closure is not officially documented. However, the circumstances are typical for small, rural airports in the United States. The closure was most likely due to economic factors, including low flight activity, insufficient revenue to cover operational costs, and the high expense of maintaining the turf runway. The land was subsequently sold and repurposed for more economically viable agricultural use.

The airport is permanently closed and has been completely erased from the landscape. The site has been fully converted into private agricultural land. Current satellite imagery shows the former runway area is now a cultivated field, with large center-pivot irrigation systems operating directly on the land. There are no remaining traces of the runway, taxiways, hangars, or any other airport infrastructure.

Albion Municipal Airport was a small, public-use general aviation airfield that served the town of Albion and surrounding areas in Cassia County, Idaho. First appearing on charts in the mid-1960s, it provided a basic facility for private pilots. The 1982 AOPA Airport Directory listed it with a single unpaved turf runway (16/34) measuring 3,840 by 100 feet. Operations were limited to light single-engine aircraft for personal transportation, recreational flying, and potentially agricultural aviation (crop dusting). It did not support commercial, scheduled, or military traffic. The ICAO code 'US-10002' is a non-official identifier used by some databases to track closed airfields, not a formal code assigned by the ICAO.

There are no plans or prospects for reopening the Albion Municipal Airport. The land is privately owned and has been fundamentally altered for agricultural production. Re-establishing an airport at this location would require purchasing the land back from the current owner and undertaking a complete, cost-prohibitive reconstruction. The aviation needs of the region are adequately served by other facilities, such as the Burley Municipal Airport (KBYI), located approximately 20 miles to the northwest.