Hillair Dirt Strip

The specific reason is not officially documented. However, as a private airfield originally named 'Hillin Airstrip' after its owner, W.T. Hillin, it was almost certainly closed due to private reasons. Common causes for such closures include the owner no longer needing the strip, the sale of the property, or the owner's passing. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to an accident, military conversion, or external economic pressures.

The site is completely abandoned. Current satellite imagery of the coordinates shows the faint but clearly discernible outline of the former dirt runway. The surface is heavily weathered, eroded, and being reclaimed by desert scrub vegetation, rendering it unusable for any aviation purposes. There are no remaining buildings, hangars, or any other airport infrastructure on the site. The land is undeveloped desert.

Hillin Airstrip (later known as Hillair Dirt Strip) was a small, private-use airfield. Its primary function was to support the general aviation activities of its owner. First appearing on charts in the early 1970s, it featured a single, unpaved north-south runway approximately 2,600 feet in length. Its historical significance is representative of the many private, recreational airstrips established in remote, rural areas of the American Southwest for personal access and recreation during the mid-to-late 20th century. It handled light, single-engine private aircraft and was never a commercial or public-use facility.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Hillair Dirt Strip. Given its remote location, the complete degradation of the runway surface, and the lack of any apparent economic or logistical driver, the likelihood of it ever being restored and reactivated as an airfield is virtually zero.