Dupouy Airport

The airport was a private field owned and operated by an individual, Paul Dupouy. While the specific reason is not documented, the closure is consistent with common reasons for small private airfields, such as the owner's retirement, declining health, or death, leading to the cessation of aviation activities. The land was subsequently converted back to its primary use, agriculture. There is no evidence of closure due to a specific accident, military conversion, or commercial economic failure.

The site of the former Dupouy Airport has been fully reclaimed for agricultural use. Satellite imagery of the coordinates (40.419201, -85.856102) shows cultivated farmland. A faint, linear discoloration in the soil is still visible, marking the outline of the former north-south turf runway. There are no remaining airport structures, such as hangars, on the property.

Dupouy Airport was a private general aviation airfield. Its significance was primarily personal to its owner and the local flying community. It was not a commercial airport and did not handle scheduled flights or significant cargo operations. According to the 1982 AOPA's Airport Directory, the field had a single 2,600-foot unpaved turf runway (Runway 18/36). It served as a base for the owner's private aircraft and likely those of a few other local pilots. Its existence was typical of the many small, private grass strips that supported recreational flying across rural America in the mid-to-late 20th century.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Dupouy Airport. The land is privately owned and actively farmed. Re-establishing an airport on the site would require the landowner to cease agricultural operations and invest significant capital to meet modern aviation standards, making it an extremely unlikely scenario.