Fitzgerald, US πΊπΈ Closed Airport
US-10641
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362 ft
US-GA
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 31.833506Β° N, -83.219354Β° E
Continent: NA
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: 74GA
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Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
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09/27 |
3100 ft | 100 ft | TURF | Active |
The airport is confirmed to have closed between 2004 and 2009. It was last depicted on the 2004 Jacksonville Sectional Aeronautical Chart but was no longer shown on the 2009 edition of the chart. Aerial imagery from 2006 shows the runway was still clear but beginning to show signs of disuse.
The airport's closure is directly tied to the decline and eventual disbandment of the Bowens Mill Christian Center, the religious organization that owned and operated the facility. The center was a community of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists. As the organization's activities ceased and the property was eventually sold, the private airfield that served it became obsolete and fell into disuse.
The site is now private property. The former runway is no longer maintained and is completely unusable for aircraft. Satellite imagery shows the runway's outline is still faintly visible as a clearing, but it is overgrown with grass and encroaching vegetation. The buildings that were part of the Christian Center still exist on the property, which appears to be used for private residential or agricultural purposes.
Established sometime between 1980 and 1987, the Bowens Mill Christian Center Airport was a private-use airfield. Its sole purpose was to serve the needs of the adjacent religious community. It primarily handled light, single-engine general aviation aircraft, used to fly in members, leaders, and visitors to the center. The airport consisted of a single turf runway, designated 18/36, with a length of 2,600 feet. It was never a public airport and had no commercial operations; its significance is tied exclusively to the history of the religious group it served.
There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The original purpose for its existence is gone, and the land is under private ownership for non-aviation use. Re-establishing it as an airfield is considered highly improbable.
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