Chapin Airport

The specific reason for closure is not officially documented. However, like many small, private airfields of its era, the closure was most likely due to economic factors. These can include the rising cost of maintenance and insurance, the owner's retirement or death, or the land becoming more valuable for agricultural or developmental purposes. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident or for military conversion.

The site of the former Chapin Airport has been completely converted to agricultural use. Satellite imagery of the coordinates shows cultivated farmland. The faint outline of the former north-south runway is still slightly visible as a linear feature in the field under certain conditions, but no airport infrastructure, such as hangars, buildings, or markings, remains. The land is privately owned and actively farmed.

Chapin Airport was a private-use general aviation airfield established in the early 1960s. Its primary function was to serve local recreational pilots. The airport featured a single unpaved turf runway, oriented approximately north/south, with a length recorded between 2,200 and 2,600 feet over the years. It primarily handled light, single-engine aircraft. While it held no major commercial or military significance, it was a feature of the local Norwalk aviation landscape for approximately three decades, providing a base for private pilots in the area.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Chapin Airport. The land has been fully reclaimed for agriculture for several decades, and its redevelopment as an airport is highly improbable due to land use changes and the lack of any supporting infrastructure.