Albany, US πΊπΈ Closed Airport
US-11292
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297 ft
US-GA
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Location: 31.534901Β° N, -84.002096Β° E
Continent: NA
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: GA13
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Circa 2004-2006. Analysis of historical satellite imagery indicates the turf runway was intact and defined in 2004. By 2006, imagery shows the runway area had been plowed over and integrated into the surrounding agricultural fields, confirming its closure during that two-year period.
The airport was a private airstrip located on a farm. While no official reason is documented, the most probable cause of closure was a private decision by the landowner. This is a common fate for farm strips and typically occurs due to the owner ceasing aviation activities, the sale of the property, or the land being deemed more valuable for full-time agricultural production. There is no evidence of closure due to an accident or military conversion.
The site of the former airport has been fully converted back to active farmland. The coordinates now point to the middle of a cultivated field. All traces of the runway have been erased and are indistinguishable from the surrounding agricultural land. A building to the south of the former runway, which may have served as a hangar, appears to still be standing and is likely used for general farm storage.
Double 'O' Farm Airport was a private-use airstrip with a single turf runway, estimated to be around 2,600 feet long. Its historical significance was limited to serving the needs of the farm's owner and associates. Operations would have consisted of light general aviation aircraft, such as single-engine planes, for personal transportation or farm-related business. It may have also supported agricultural aircraft (crop dusters), a common practice in this farming region of Georgia. The airport never handled commercial or scheduled flights and held no public or military importance.
There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Double 'O' Farm Airport. The land has been actively farmed for nearly two decades, and its reversion to an aviation facility is extremely unlikely. Any such project would require a private initiative and significant investment to re-establish the runway and facilities from what is now productive cropland.
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