Horizon Field

While no single official reason is documented, the closure is characteristic of many small, privately-owned airfields. The most probable cause is a combination of economic factors and the owner's personal decision to cease operations. The subsequent conversion of the land back to full agricultural use suggests there was no longer a desire or financial viability to maintain it as an airport.

The site is now entirely agricultural land. All airport infrastructure, including hangars and any markers, has been completely removed. Modern satellite imagery clearly shows the area has been converted into cultivated farmland. A faint, linear discoloration in the soil, corresponding to the location of the former north-south runway, is still visible from the air, but the land is otherwise indistinguishable from the surrounding farms.

Horizon Field, which held the FAA Location Identifier (LID) '1I3', was a private general aviation airport. Established sometime before 1971, it served the local flying community for over 30 years. The airfield consisted of a single turf runway (18/36) measuring approximately 2,640 feet and a few small hangars on the southeast side. It was primarily used for recreational flying by its owner and other local pilots with small, single-engine aircraft capable of operating from a grass strip.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Horizon Field. The land has been fully repurposed, and the cost to re-establish an airport with the necessary infrastructure would be substantial. The likelihood of it ever returning to aviation use is considered effectively zero.