Havasu Airpark

The closure was primarily due to economic, liability, and redevelopment reasons. Like many private residential airparks from that era, the homeowners' association likely faced escalating costs for runway maintenance, insurance, and liability. Furthermore, the land became more valuable for conventional residential development, and the nearby public Lake Havasu City Airport (KHII) offered superior facilities, making the small private strip redundant for local pilots.

The airport is permanently closed and has been fully redeveloped into a residential neighborhood called the 'Havasu Air Center'. The former dirt runway has been paved over and is now a public street named 'Airpark Drive'. Many of the original homes with their large, attached hangars still exist, but they are now used as oversized garages for boats, RVs, and cars, reflecting the popular recreational activities of the area. The former taxiways now function as residential driveways.

Havasu Airpark was a classic residential 'fly-in' community established in the late 1960s or early 1970s, during the initial development boom of Lake Havasu City. It featured a single unpaved runway, approximately 3,600 feet long, oriented roughly NE/SW (04/22). The airpark was designed for aviation enthusiasts, with custom homes that included attached aircraft hangars and taxiway access directly from their property to the runway. It handled private, light general aviation aircraft and represented a niche lifestyle concept that was part of the city's unique appeal to attract new residents.

There are zero prospects for reopening Havasu Airpark. The runway has been irrevocably converted into a public road within a fully developed and occupied residential zone. The infrastructure, zoning, and land use have been permanently changed, making any return to aviation operations legally and logistically impossible.