Bentley Airport

Economic reasons, specifically real estate development. The land occupied by the small, private airfield became more valuable for residential housing as suburban sprawl from the Philadelphia metropolitan area expanded into the Pottstown region. The airport was sold and subsequently redeveloped.

The site of the former Bentley Airport has been completely redeveloped and is now a residential housing community. The development is named 'Bentley Ridge,' a direct reference to the airport that once occupied the land. There are no visible remnants of the runway, hangars, or any other airport infrastructure. The coordinates provided point directly to the center of this housing development.

Bentley Airport was a small, privately-owned, public-use general aviation airfield. Established sometime between 1965 and 1967, it served the local aviation community in and around Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The airport featured a single unpaved turf runway, initially 2,100 feet long and later extended to 2,250 feet, oriented roughly east-west (Runway 09/27). It primarily handled light single-engine aircraft for recreational flying and personal transportation. It was a typical example of the numerous small, private airfields that were common in the mid-20th century before being overtaken by suburban development.

There are zero prospects for reopening. The land has been permanently and densely redeveloped for residential use, making it physically, legally, and financially impossible to re-establish an airport at this location.