Shultz /Private/ Airport

While no official reason is documented, the closure is consistent with common reasons for small, private airfields. The most probable cause is that the owner ceased flying due to age, health, or economic factors, or the property was sold to a new owner who was not a pilot. The subsequent conversion of the land to agricultural use indicates a decision to utilize the property for its farming value rather than maintain a private airstrip.

The site of the former Shultz Airport has been completely converted to agricultural land. High-resolution satellite imagery clearly shows the former runway area is now tilled and planted with crops, fully integrated into the surrounding farm fields. While a faint outline of the long, narrow runway is still perceptible from the air due to historical soil compaction, there are no remaining aviation facilities, hangars, or markings. The land is in active agricultural use.

Shultz Airport was a privately owned and operated grass airstrip. Its significance was primarily local and personal, serving its owner for recreational flying and private general aviation. It was not a commercial airport and handled no scheduled flights. The operations would have consisted of single-engine aircraft like Pipers or Cessnas taking off and landing from its single north-south turf runway. Its presence on aeronautical charts served to inform other pilots in the vicinity of its existence, a standard practice for both safety and situational awareness.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Shultz Airport. The land has been repurposed for a different economic use (agriculture), and re-establishing an airport would require significant investment and the initiative of the current landowner. Given its closure for over a decade and full conversion to farmland, a return to aviation use is highly improbable.