Keener Field

The specific reason for closure is not officially documented, which is common for small private airfields. The closure is consistent with the land being sold or repurposed for agricultural use by its private owner. There is no evidence of closure due to military conversion, a major accident, or broader economic factors; it was likely a private decision by the landowner.

The site of the former Keener Field is now used for agriculture. Satellite imagery clearly shows that the former north-south runway has been plowed over and is part of a larger cultivated farm field. A faint outline of the runway is still visible from the air, but there are no remaining aviation facilities. The buildings on the property are now part of a private farmstead.

Keener Field (formerly assigned the FAA identifier 2IN1) was a small, private general aviation airfield. Established sometime in the 1960s, it primarily served its owner, Robert Keener, and possibly other local pilots. The airfield consisted of a single unpaved turf runway, designated 18/36, with a length of approximately 2,600 feet. Its operations were limited to small, single-engine aircraft typical of private recreational flying. It held no major commercial or military significance and was a characteristic example of a privately owned and operated grass strip.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Keener Field. The land has been fully converted to agricultural use, making any potential revival of the airfield highly improbable and economically unfeasible.