Bordner Airport

The specific reason for closure is not officially documented, which is common for small private airfields. The closure was most likely due to personal reasons of the owner, such as retirement from flying, death, or the sale of the land. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a specific accident, economic failure of a commercial operation, or for military conversion. The land was simply reverted to non-aviation use by its private owner.

The site of the former Bordner Airport is now private land used for agricultural and residential purposes. The coordinates point to a property with a private home and several outbuildings. The area of the former turf runway is now a cultivated field or mowed grass, but its faint outline is still visible in satellite imagery. All aviation-specific infrastructure has been removed, and the airport is completely defunct.

Bordner Airport (also known by its former FAA Location Identifier, OI18) was a private-use general aviation airfield. It was established prior to 1979 and was owned and operated by the Bordner family. The facility consisted of a single unpaved turf runway, oriented approximately north/south, with a length of around 2,600 feet. Its operations were limited to the owner's personal aircraft and possibly those of invited guests. The airport's significance was purely local, serving as a personal base for recreational flying and representing a common type of private airstrip that was prevalent in rural America during the late 20th century.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Bordner Airport. The land is privately owned and has been fully converted to agricultural and residential use. Re-establishing an airport would require the landowner's initiative, significant investment, and new certification from the FAA, making any prospect of reopening extremely unlikely.