Derecsky Airport

The closure was not due to a major incident, accident, or military conversion. As a privately-owned airfield (POU), its closure was most likely due to personal or economic factors. Common reasons for such closures include the owner passing away or no longer flying, the sale of the property for residential development, or the rising costs and liability associated with maintaining a private airstrip in a developing suburban area.

The site of the former Derecsky Airport is now a private residential estate. Satellite imagery shows that the former runway area has been converted into a large, manicured lawn. The buildings that once served as hangars appear to have been repurposed as large garages, workshops, or storage facilities for the residence. There are no remaining signs of active aviation operations, and the property is fully integrated into the surrounding rural-residential landscape of Bainbridge Township, near Chagrin Falls.

Derecsky Airport was a small, private general aviation airfield. It consisted of a single unpaved, turf runway (approximately 2,600 feet long) and a few buildings, including at least one hangar. Its significance was purely local, serving as a personal base for its owner (the Derecsky family) and likely a few other local pilots for recreational flying and personal transport in light aircraft. It represents a type of private 'farm strip' or 'residential airpark' that was more common in the mid-20th century before suburban sprawl made such land use less feasible. It's important to note that the ICAO identifier 'US-10579' is a non-official code, likely assigned by a third-party data aggregator or mapping service; the airport did not have an official FAA or ICAO code when it was active.

There are zero plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land has been fully converted to private residential use in a high-value area. Zoning regulations, surrounding development, and the lack of any aviation infrastructure make its return as an airfield virtually impossible.