Shivok Airport

The specific reason for the closure is not officially documented. As a small, privately owned airfield, the closure was likely due to personal reasons of the owner, such as the sale of the property, retirement, death of the owner, or the high cost and liability of maintaining a private airstrip. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident, military conversion, or public economic failure.

The site is currently private property and is no longer an active airport. Satellite imagery of the coordinates (38.009518, -76.563613) clearly shows the well-defined outline of the former turf runway. The area is maintained as a mowed grass field, but all associated airport infrastructure like hangars or markings has been removed. The land appears to be used for agricultural or rural residential purposes, with the former runway existing as a large, open grass strip within a larger parcel of land.

Shivok Airport was a private general aviation airfield. Its historical significance is primarily local, serving as a private landing strip for the owner and potentially invited guests. It was not a commercial or military facility. Aeronautical charts from the mid-1990s describe it as a private field with a single unpaved turf runway, approximately 2,600 feet in length. Operations would have consisted of light, single-engine aircraft used for recreational or personal travel. It appeared on aviation charts from at least 1982 until its closure in the mid-2000s.

There are no known plans or public prospects for reopening Shivok Airport. The land is privately owned, and the airport has been officially closed and de-listed by the FAA for nearly two decades. Re-establishing an airport on the site would require significant private investment and a new, lengthy certification process with the FAA, making it highly unlikely.