Dixon Airport

The specific reason is not officially documented. However, for a private ranch airstrip of this nature, closure is typically due to economic factors, a change in property ownership, the owner no longer being an active pilot, or the increasing costs and liability associated with maintaining a private airfield. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a specific accident or for military conversion.

The airport is permanently closed and exists as a remnant on private agricultural land. Satellite imagery clearly shows the outline of the dirt runway, but it is unmaintained, overgrown with vegetation, and has visible signs of erosion. It is not suitable for any aviation use. The surrounding land continues to be actively used for farming and ranching.

Dixon Airport, also known as Dixon Ranch Airfield, was a private airstrip serving the agricultural needs of the Cuyama Valley. It first appeared on aeronautical charts around 1964. The airfield consisted of a single, unpaved runway approximately 2,600 feet in length. Its primary operations would have included supporting local ranching and farming activities, which likely involved general aviation aircraft for private transportation and agricultural aircraft (crop dusters) for treating the extensive fields in the area. It was a utility airport, vital for the management of the large, remote ranch on which it was located.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Dixon Airport. Given its long period of disuse, its location on private property, and the proximity of the public-use New Cuyama Airport (L88) just a few miles away, it is highly unlikely to ever be reactivated as an airfield.