Mary's Landing Airport

The airport was a private field, and its closure was likely due to a private owner's decision. There is no evidence of a specific incident or economic failure. The land was subsequently converted back to its primary agricultural purpose, a common fate for small, privately-owned airfields when the owner ceases operations.

The site is currently used for agriculture. The turf runway has been completely removed and the land is actively farmed, typically with corn or soybeans, fully integrated with the surrounding fields. All associated airport structures, including hangars, have been demolished and removed from the site. Depending on the time of year and crop patterns, a faint outline of the former north-south runway can sometimes still be discerned in satellite imagery.

Mary's Landing Airport (formerly using FAA identifier 8IL2) was a small, private general aviation airfield. Its significance was local, serving its owner, Mary Fabis, and likely a small number of other local pilots with prior permission. It became operational sometime before 1981. Airport directories from the 1980s and 1990s describe it as having a single 2,600-foot unpaved turf runway designated 18/36. Operations were limited to small, single-engine aircraft suitable for grass strips. A few small hangars or buildings were located on the southwest side of the property.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land is privately owned and utilized for farming, and all of the original aviation infrastructure has been erased. Re-establishing an airport at this location would be prohibitively expensive and is considered highly improbable.