Coonrod Ranch Airport

The specific reason for closure is not officially documented. However, as a private airfield owned by Coonrod & Company, it was likely a private decision by the landowners. Common reasons for such closures include economic non-viability, high maintenance costs, lack of use, or the owner's desire to repurpose the land for exclusively agricultural use. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident or for military conversion.

The site is currently private property and has been fully converted back to agricultural land, likely for grazing or farming, consistent with the surrounding ranch. While the faint outline of the former north-south runway is still visible in satellite imagery, there are no remaining airport facilities such as hangars, terminals, or markings. The land is not publicly accessible.

Coonrod Ranch Airport was a small, private general aviation airfield. In the 1960s, it was also identified as 'Siskiyou County Airport #2', suggesting it may have served as an auxiliary field in the county. It featured a single unpaved turf runway (Runway 16/34) approximately 2,640 feet long. Its operations were limited to light aircraft and it primarily served the interests of the Coonrod Ranch, likely for agricultural aviation (e.g., crop dusting), private transportation, and recreational flying. Its significance was purely local and tied to the ranch it served.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Coonrod Ranch Airport. Given that the land has been reclaimed for agriculture, its status as private property, and the close proximity of the larger, active, and publicly-owned Siskiyou County Airport (KSIY), a reopening is considered extremely unlikely.