Heriot private airstrip (closed)

As a small, private farm strip, the closure was not due to any major incident or official action. The most probable reason is that the landowner ceased aviation activities for personal reasons, such as retirement from flying, sale of the aircraft, or a change in land use priorities. The land was subsequently fully returned to agricultural use.

The site of the former airstrip has been fully reclaimed for agriculture. Satellite imagery shows the land where the runway was located is now indistinguishable from the surrounding fields and is actively farmed. There are no remaining signs of aviation infrastructure such as hangars, windsock bases, or runway markers.

Heriot was a private airstrip with no significant military or commercial history. Its function was purely for private, recreational general aviation. It consisted of a single grass runway (approximately 500 meters, orientation 03/21) located on farmland near the village of Heriot. Operations would have been limited to light, single-engine aircraft owned and operated by the landowner. The ICAO-style identifier 'GB-1076' is an unofficial code, often assigned by flight simulator communities or unofficial airfield directories to catalogue small strips that do not have an official ICAO designation.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airstrip. Given that the land is privately owned and has fully reverted to agricultural use, reopening is considered extremely unlikely. It would require a new initiative from the landowner to re-establish the facility from scratch.