Oliver Airport

The specific reason for closure is not officially documented. However, as a small, privately owned airfield (known as Oliver Field and owned by W.T. Oliver), its closure was most likely due to economic factors. Common reasons for such closures include the owner's retirement from flying, death, sale of the land, or the prohibitive cost of maintenance and insurance for a field with very low traffic. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed for military conversion, urban development, or as the result of a major accident.

The airport site is completely abandoned and non-operational. High-resolution satellite imagery of the coordinates shows the faint, ghostly outlines of the two former runways. The land is entirely overgrown with grass and shrubs and appears to have reverted to undeveloped pastureland or farmland. There are no remaining signs of aviation infrastructure such as hangars, fuel pumps, or other airport buildings.

Oliver Airport, more commonly known as Oliver Field, was a private general aviation airfield. It held local, rather than national, significance. Its operations were primarily for personal, recreational, and likely agricultural aviation (such as crop dusting) in the rural Knox County area. The earliest known depiction on an aviation chart was in 1965. By the early 1980s, it was documented as having two unpaved turf runways in an 'X' configuration: Runway 17/35 at 2,640 feet and Runway 13/31 at 2,100 feet. It served as a private base for its owner and potentially a few other local pilots.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Oliver Airport. Given its long period of disuse, the complete reclamation of the land by nature, and the existence of the nearby public-use Knox County Airport (ICAO: KF75), it is extremely unlikely that this site will ever be restored to aviation use.