Pratt, US 🇺🇸 Closed Airport
US-10277
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1820 ft
US-KS
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 37.6656° N, -98.619796° E
Continent: NA
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: 50KS
I was unable to find any recent traveler reviews or experiences for an airport identified as "Grandpa's Farm Airport (US-10277) in Pratt, US." My search efforts consistently identified Grandpa's Farm Airport with the FAA identifier IL22, located in Mendota, Illinois, not Pratt, US.
Based on the available information, Grandpa's Farm Airport (IL22) in Mendota, IL, appears to be a private, general aviation grass strip, not a commercial airport with passenger services. Resources like AOPA and AirNav provide operational details but do not feature traveler reviews or information typically associated with commercial passenger experiences such as terminal facilities, security, or transportation connections. World-Airport-Codes explicitly states "Grandpas' Farm Mendota Airport Reviews (0)".
Therefore, I cannot provide a summary of traveler sentiment, terminal facilities, security wait times, or transportation connections, as no such public reviews or experiences exist for this type of airport.
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| Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
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2300 ft | 60 ft | Turf | Active |
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The exact closure date is unknown. However, based on its status in historical aviation databases and its absence from current aeronautical charts, it likely ceased operations sometime prior to 2010.
The specific reason for closure is not officially documented. As a small, private farm airstrip, the most probable reason is that the owner who maintained and used it either ceased flying activities (due to age, cost, or health), sold the property, or passed away. This is a common fate for private-use airfields and is not linked to any known accident, military conversion, or broader economic factors.
The site is currently private agricultural land. High-resolution satellite imagery clearly shows the faint outline of a single, unmaintained grass and dirt runway, oriented approximately northwest/southeast. The runway area appears to be mowed or used as a farm track but is not maintained for aviation purposes. There are no hangars, aircraft, or any other aviation-related infrastructure remaining on the site. The surrounding land is actively cultivated farmland.
The airport's significance was purely local and personal. Its name, 'Grandpa's Farm Airport,' strongly implies it was a private-use airstrip built and maintained by the property owner for recreational flying. Operations would have been limited to small, single-engine general aviation aircraft. It may have also occasionally supported agricultural aviation (crop dusting), a common activity in rural Kansas, but its primary purpose was likely personal transportation and recreation. It represents a typical example of the thousands of private grass strips that have supported American general aviation.
There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Grandpa's Farm Airport. The land has been fully integrated into agricultural use, and its revival as an active airfield is considered extremely unlikely. It would require the property to be purchased by an individual with the interest and resources to re-establish and certify a private airstrip.