Meadow Airstrip

The closure was due to economic reasons, specifically a change in land use. The owner of the private property converted the land from an airfield into a commercial orchard, which is a common practice for private airstrips in California's agricultural Central Valley. There is no evidence of closure due to an accident, safety concerns, or military conversion.

The site of the former Meadow Airstrip is now completely occupied by a mature commercial orchard, likely walnuts or almonds which are common in the region. Satellite imagery shows no trace of the former runway, taxiways, or any aviation-related structures. The land has been fully and irreversibly repurposed for agricultural production.

Meadow Airstrip, also known as Meadow Ranch Airfield, was a small, private airfield. It was depicted on the 1980 Klamath Falls Sectional Chart with a single unpaved runway of approximately 2,600 feet. Its operations were limited to private general aviation, likely serving the landowner for personal transportation, recreational flying, and possibly agricultural support (e.g., crop dusting). It held no major regional or national significance and was primarily a utility airfield for the ranch on which it was located.

There are no plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The conversion of the land to a high-value, permanent agricultural crop (a mature orchard) makes reopening economically and logistically infeasible. The land would have to be acquired, the entire orchard removed, and the airport infrastructure rebuilt from scratch.