Phil's Field

The airport was a private-use airfield that closed following the death of its owner and operator, Philip J. Elenbaas. It is a common occurrence for small, private airfields to cease operations when the owner passes away and the family does not wish to or cannot continue maintaining the facility.

The airport is permanently closed. An examination of recent satellite imagery of the coordinates reveals that the land has been fully reclaimed for agricultural purposes. The former turf runway is no longer maintained and has been tilled and integrated into the surrounding farmland. While the faint outline of the north-south strip may be visible to a trained eye, it is now an active crop field.

Phil's Field, also known by its official FAA identifier 29MI (Elenbaas Airport), was a private general aviation airport. It consisted of a single turf runway (18/36) measuring approximately 2,300 by 100 feet. Its significance was not commercial or military, but personal. It served as the home base for its owner, an avid pilot and member of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), and likely for his friends and fellow aviation enthusiasts. Operations were limited to private, recreational flights, typical of a small, grass-strip airfield used by light, single-engine aircraft.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Phil's Field. As the land is privately owned and has been successfully converted back to agricultural use, the likelihood of it ever being re-established as an airport is virtually zero.