Bob Lee Flight Strip

The primary reason for closure was economic, driven by suburban development and urban encroachment. As the DeLand area grew, the land value for residential real estate far exceeded its value as a private flight strip. The property was sold to developers to build a large housing community.

The site of the former flight strip has been completely and permanently redeveloped. It is now the location of a dense residential housing subdivision, specifically a section of the Victoria Park community. The exact path of the former runway is now covered by homes and streets, including Grandstand Drive and Paddock Place. There are no visible remnants of the airport.

Bob Lee Flight Strip was a small, privately owned airfield. It consisted of a single, unpaved north-south runway (approximately 2,600 feet long). Its operations were characteristic of a private general aviation facility, used for personal and recreational flying by its owner, Bob Lee, and potentially other local pilots. It was not a commercial or military airport and did not handle scheduled flights. Its significance lies in being an example of the numerous private airfields that once dotted the Florida landscape before widespread residential development.

There are zero plans or prospects for reopening. The land has been irreversibly converted to high-density residential use, making it physically and legally impossible to re-establish an airport at this location.