Beckman Field

Economic reasons and industrial development. The airport was a small, privately-owned turf strip located in an area that experienced massive commercial expansion. The land was redeveloped as part of the Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park, a major hub for warehousing and distribution, making the land far more valuable for industrial use than for private aviation.

The site of the former Beckman Field has been completely and irreversibly redeveloped. It is now occupied by large-scale distribution centers and warehouses within the Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park. The specific coordinates point to an area now covered by commercial buildings, extensive truck aprons, and employee parking lots along Alum Creek Drive.

Beckman Field (formerly FAA identifier: OH61) was a private-use airfield. It held no major historical significance in a public or military context. Owned by Harold E. Beckman, it consisted of a single unpaved turf runway. It served the needs of its owner and likely a small community of local general aviation pilots flying light aircraft. The airfield was depicted on Columbus Sectional Aeronautical Charts from at least the early 1980s through the early 2000s. The identifier 'US-10281' is not an official ICAO code but a non-standard identifier used by some third-party data aggregators.

There are zero plans or prospects for reopening. The original airfield infrastructure is gone, and the land is now a core part of a high-value, densely built industrial and logistics park. Re-establishing an airport at this location is physically and economically impossible.