Kerr Airport

The specific reason is not officially documented, which is common for small, private airfields. However, the closure was most likely due to economic or personal reasons for the owner. This could include retirement, the sale of the property, rising insurance and maintenance costs, or the land becoming more valuable for agricultural use. The subsequent conversion of the site to farmland supports this conclusion.

The airport site has been completely decommissioned and fully converted into cultivated agricultural land. Satellite imagery of the coordinates shows the land is now an active farm field. While no airport infrastructure like hangars or markings remains, a faint outline of the former northwest-southeast runway is still visible from the air, integrated into the surrounding cropland.

Kerr Airport was a small, private general aviation airfield. Its primary function was to serve the personal aviation needs of its owner, listed in the 1982 AOPA Airport Directory as Robert Kerr. The airport consisted of a single 2,600-foot unpaved turf runway, designated Runway 13/31. It supported light aircraft operations, likely for recreational flying and potentially for local agricultural purposes like crop dusting. Its significance was local, providing a private aviation facility in a rural area.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Kerr Airport. The land has been reclaimed for agriculture, a primary industry in the region. Re-establishing an airport on this site would require significant investment, rezoning, and regulatory approval from the FAA, making it highly improbable. The site is expected to remain in its current state as farmland.