Smith's Strip

Specific official records for the closure of this small, private airstrip are not available. The most probable reason is that the owner ceased aviation activities due to personal reasons such as retirement, sale of the property, or the high cost and liability of maintaining a private airfield. The land has since been fully integrated into surrounding agricultural operations, suggesting a change in land use was the primary driver.

The site of the former Smith's Strip has been completely reclaimed for agricultural use. Current satellite imagery shows the land is part of a larger cultivated farm field. While a faint outline of the former runway is still visible from the air, it is entirely overgrown and is tilled and planted along with the surrounding land. The airport is permanently and physically closed, with no remaining aviation infrastructure.

Smith's Strip was a small, privately owned airfield, as indicated by its name. Its significance was local and private, serving likely as a base for personal recreational flying or agricultural aviation (crop dusting), which is common in this region of Arkansas. The single grass/turf runway, oriented approximately north-south, was about 2,300 feet long, making it suitable for single-engine light aircraft. It did not handle commercial or significant general aviation traffic and had no major facilities like a terminal or large hangars.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Smith's Strip. The land is privately owned and actively farmed. Re-establishing an airport would require immense effort and expense from the landowner to acquire permits, cease agricultural production on the plot, and reconstruct the runway from scratch. The prospects for reopening are considered non-existent.