Lyons Airpark

The specific reason for closure is not officially documented, which is typical for small, private airfields. The closure was most likely due to personal or economic factors. Common reasons for such closures include the owner's retirement or death, the sale of the property for other uses (in this case, agriculture), or the prohibitive costs of maintenance, taxes, and insurance for a private-use facility.

The airport is permanently closed and no longer exists as an aviation facility. The land where the runway was located has been fully converted into an agricultural field and is actively farmed. Satellite imagery shows the faint outline of the former runway integrated into the surrounding farmland, with no trace of any hangars, markings, or other aviation infrastructure remaining.

Lyons Airpark was a small, privately owned general aviation airfield. Its primary feature was a single north-south turf runway, estimated to be around 2,500 feet long. The airpark served recreational pilots and was used for light, single-engine aircraft like Cessnas or Pipers. It had no commercial, military, or major industrial role. Its significance was purely local, providing a landing strip for its owner and possibly other private pilots in the rural Rainsville area. The ICAO code 'US-0888' is a non-standard identifier, often assigned in databases to private or closed fields that never had an official FAA location identifier.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Lyons Airpark. The land has been completely repurposed for agriculture, and its restoration as an airport is highly improbable. The lack of existing infrastructure and the availability of other public-use airports in the region, such as Isbell Field (4A9) in nearby Fort Payne, means there is no practical or economic driver for its revival.