Windy Hill Airport

Urban encroachment and real estate development. The airport was located in a rapidly growing suburban area of Denton. The owner, Windy Hill Inc., sold the land for a more profitable use. The value of the land for residential housing far surpassed its value as a small, private airfield.

The site has been completely redeveloped into a residential housing subdivision called 'Windy Hill Estates'. The main thoroughfare of the neighborhood, 'Windy Hill Road', was built directly over the former runway and follows its exact alignment. In a nod to the site's past, several other streets in the development have aviation-themed names, such as Propeller Drive, Kitty Hawk Lane, and Wright Brothers Court.

Windy Hill Airport (FAA LID: 5TS0) was a privately-owned, private-use general aviation airfield. It was established sometime between 1973 and 1978. The airport featured a single turf runway, approximately 2,600 feet long and 100 feet wide. It primarily served a small community of local pilots for recreational flying in light, single-engine aircraft. It had a few small hangars and was a characteristic example of the numerous small, private grass strips that once dotted the landscape around major US cities before being consumed by suburban sprawl.

There are no plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land has been permanently and densely redeveloped for residential use, making any future aviation activity at this location impossible.