Jack Oak Airport

The specific reason for the closure is not officially documented. As is common with small, privately-owned airfields, the closure was most likely due to economic factors, the sale of the land, or the owner's retirement or death. There is no public record of a major accident, environmental issue, or military conversion that led to its closure.

The site of the former airport is now private property and has been converted back to agricultural use. High-resolution satellite imagery shows that the faint outline of the north/south turf runway is still visible as a mowed grass strip within a larger farm field. A few small buildings, potentially including a former hangar, remain at the north end of the property and appear to be used for agricultural storage.

Jack Oak Airport, also known by its former FAA identifier 4I2 and as Jack Oak Air Park, was a small, private general aviation airfield. It was established between 1970 and 1979. Its operations were focused on serving local pilots for recreational flying and personal transport. The airport featured a single turf runway (18/36) measuring approximately 2,600 feet in length. Its significance was purely local, providing a base for light, single-engine aircraft in a rural part of Owen County, Indiana.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Jack Oak Airport. The land has been privately owned and used for agriculture for over 25 years, making any return to aviation use extremely unlikely.