Foley, US 🇺🇸 Closed Airport
ICAO
US-10182
IATA
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Elevation
25 ft
Region
US-AL
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Location: 30.373199° N, -87.725601° E
Continent: North America
Type: Closed Airport
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The exact date is unknown, but evidence from historical aerial imagery suggests the airport was closed sometime between 2005 and 2007. It was still listed as active in FAA records from 2001 and appeared on aeronautical charts in the late 1990s, but by 2013, a large commercial building had been constructed on the site.
The primary reason for closure was commercial land development. The airport was located on valuable real estate in the growing city of Foley. The land was sold and redeveloped for commercial use, a common fate for small, privately-owned airports in expanding urban areas.
The site of the former airport has been completely redeveloped. A large retail distribution center, currently occupied by the 'At Home' store chain, and its associated parking lots and truck bays now sit directly on the footprint of the former runway and airfield. No visible remnants of the airport exist.
Irwin Farms Airport (also identified by the FAA location identifier AL81) was a small, privately-owned airfield. Its significance was primarily local, serving as a base for the private general aviation activities of its owners, Irwin Farms, Inc. It featured a single unpaved turf runway, approximately 2,600 feet in length. Operations would have consisted of personal flights and potentially agricultural aviation related to the farm. It was never a public-use or commercial service airport.
There are no plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land has been permanently repurposed for large-scale commercial use, making a return to aviation operations impossible.