Balcer Aero South Airport

The specific reason for the closure is not publicly documented. As a small, privately owned airfield, the closure was most likely due to a personal decision by the owner, Al Balcer. Common reasons for such closures include the owner's retirement, the sale of the property for non-aviation use, or the rising costs and liability of maintaining an active airfield. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident, military conversion, or significant economic failure.

The site of the former airport is now a private residential property. Satellite imagery shows a large home, several outbuildings, and a pond on the land. The area of the former north/south turf runway is now a large, well-maintained lawn. The faint outline of the runway is still discernible from the air, but all airport infrastructure has been removed, and the land is fully integrated into the private estate.

Balcer Aero South Airport was a small, private general aviation airfield. It was not depicted on aeronautical charts in the 1970s or 1980s, suggesting it was established in the late 1980s or early 1990s. The 1993 Kansas City Sectional Chart depicted it as a private field with a 2,600-foot unpaved, turf runway. According to the 2002 Airport/Facility Directory, the airport was owned by Al Balcer and had five single-engine aircraft based on the field. Its primary role was to serve as a home base for a small number of local pilots for recreational and personal flying, having no significant commercial or military operations.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Balcer Aero South Airport. The land has been repurposed for private residential use for two decades, making a return to aviation operations extremely unlikely.