Werries Airport

The specific reason for closure is not publicly recorded. The closure of small, private airfields like Werries Airport is most commonly due to personal reasons of the owner, such as retirement from flying, sale of the property, or the prohibitive costs of maintenance and liability insurance. The land was subsequently converted back to its primary agricultural use.

The site of the former Werries Airport has been fully reclaimed for agricultural use. High-resolution satellite imagery of the coordinates (39.80637, -90.367778) shows that the land is now a cultivated farm field. There are no remaining visible traces of the runway, hangars, or any other aviation-related infrastructure. The land is indistinguishable from the surrounding farmland.

Werries Airport was a small, privately owned, private-use airstrip. It held no major historical significance in the broader context of US aviation. Its purpose was strictly for general aviation, likely serving the personal, recreational, or agricultural (e.g., crop dusting) needs of its owner and possibly a few local pilots. It consisted of a single turf runway and was never intended for commercial or military operations. The ICAO code 'US-0927' is an identifier used in some databases for non-official airfields and is not an official ICAO code, which for the contiguous US start with 'K'.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Werries Airport. The land has been completely converted to farmland, and the economic incentive to re-establish a private airstrip at this location is virtually non-existent. It is considered permanently closed.