Fairbanks Airport

The specific reason for closure is undocumented. However, for a small, private airstrip of this nature, closure is typically due to a private owner's decision. Common reasons include the sale of the property, the owner ceasing aviation activities due to age or cost, or the land being repurposed for more profitable uses like agriculture, which is its current state.

The site of the former airport has been fully converted to private agricultural land. High-resolution satellite imagery shows the area is actively used for farming, with crop patterns clearly visible. The faint outline of the former single runway can still be discerned running northwest to southeast, but it has been plowed over and integrated into the surrounding fields.

The airport held no major historical significance. It was a small, private grass airstrip, not a public-use or commercial airport. Its operations would have been limited to personal, recreational flying by its owner and possibly agricultural aviation (crop dusting). The identifier 'US-10059' is an internal catalog number from a non-governmental airport database and not an official FAA or ICAO code, further indicating its status as a minor, private field that was never part of the national airport system.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land is privately owned and actively farmed. Re-establishing an airstrip would require the land to be acquired from the current owner and a significant investment to clear, grade, and certify the field, which is highly unlikely for a site with no prior commercial or public importance.