Flying S Ranch Airport

As a private ranch airstrip, the most probable reason for closure was a change in ownership or the owner ceasing aviation activities. This is common for private airfields when the owner sells the property, no longer flies, or passes away. There is no evidence to suggest closure was due to a specific accident, economic downturn, or military conversion.

The site is currently used as pasture for cattle grazing. The faint outline of the former north-south runway is still visible in satellite imagery, but it is completely overgrown with grass and crisscrossed by cattle trails and vehicle tracks. It is no longer a functional or maintained landing strip and has been fully reclaimed by the surrounding ranchland.

The airport's significance was purely private and utilitarian. It served the Flying S Ranch, providing direct air access for the owner's personal and business needs. Operations would have consisted of light general aviation aircraft (e.g., single-engine planes like a Cessna or Piper) used for transportation, and potentially for ranch-related activities such as checking on cattle, fences, or water sources from the air. It was not a public-use airport and had no commercial or military role.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Flying S Ranch Airport. Re-establishing the airfield would require significant private investment from the current or a future landowner to clear, grade, and maintain the runway. For all practical purposes, the airport is considered permanently closed.