Dunbar Airport

The specific reason for closure is not officially documented. However, as a small, privately-owned airstrip in a rural area, the closure was most likely due to economic factors, such as the high cost of maintenance and insurance, or personal reasons of the owner, such as the sale of the property, retirement, or death.

The site is now private property and is completely abandoned for aviation use. Satellite imagery clearly shows the remnant of the former northwest/southeast runway as a linear clearing in the forest. The surface is heavily overgrown with grass, shrubs, and small trees, making it unusable. There are no remaining airport facilities such as hangars, terminals, or fueling stations on the site. The land appears to be undeveloped woodland or recreational property.

Dunbar Airport was a small, private general aviation airfield. Its primary function was to serve local private pilots and landowners in a remote part of Marinette County, Wisconsin. When active, it featured a single unpaved turf runway, estimated to be approximately 2,600 feet long. Its significance was purely local, providing private air access for recreational flying or transportation to the area, but it did not handle commercial, cargo, or military operations.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Dunbar Airport. Given that it has been closed for over four decades, is on private land, and the runway is in a state of complete disrepair, a reopening is considered extremely unlikely. It would require a significant private investment to acquire the land, clear the extensive vegetation, reconstruct the runway to modern standards, and obtain the necessary certifications, for which there is no apparent demand.