Diamond Seven Ranch Airport

As a private airfield, the specific reason for closure is not on public record. The most probable cause is a change in ownership of the Diamond Seven Ranch or the owner ceasing aviation activities. For small, private strips like this, closure is commonly due to the owner's retirement from flying, death, sale of the property, or the prohibitive costs of maintenance and insurance. The gradual fading of the runway in satellite imagery suggests a cessation of use and lack of maintenance rather than a sudden closure due to an accident or regulatory action.

The site of the former airport is no longer recognizable as an airfield from the ground. The turf runway has been completely reclaimed by nature and is now an open pasture, indistinguishable from the surrounding fields of the Diamond Seven Ranch. The faint, linear outline of the former north-south runway can still be discerned in high-resolution satellite imagery, but it is completely overgrown and unusable by aircraft. The associated ranch buildings to the east of the former strip appear to be maintained and in use as part of the ongoing ranch operations.

The airport's significance was entirely private, serving the Diamond Seven Ranch. It was a private-use (Pvt) turf runway, likely established in the 1980s. Its operations would have consisted of light general aviation aircraft, such as single-engine or light twin-engine planes, used by the ranch owner for personal and business transportation. It provided direct, convenient air access to the remote ranch property, bypassing the need to travel to larger public airports. It was not used for commercial, scheduled, or military operations and held no wider public or historical significance beyond its function for the ranch.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Diamond Seven Ranch Airport. The airfield is officially and permanently closed. Re-establishing an airport on the site would require a significant private investment from the current landowner to clear, grade, and re-certify the runway with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Given that it has been defunct for well over a decade, the likelihood of it being reopened is extremely low.