Haynesville Airport

While no single official reason is documented, the closure was likely due to a combination of economic factors. Many small municipal airports of this size closed during this period due to the high cost of maintenance, insurance, and necessary upgrades, coupled with declining usage. The town of Haynesville likely found it financially unsustainable to continue operating the facility for the limited general aviation traffic it served.

The airport is permanently closed and has been repurposed. Satellite imagery of the site shows the paved runway is still clearly visible but is now used as an industrial storage yard. The runway surface is covered with thousands of sections of large-diameter steel pipe, likely for use in the surrounding Haynesville Shale natural gas fields. All aviation infrastructure, such as lighting and navigation aids, has been removed, and the site is not accessible for any aviation-related activities.

Haynesville Airport (also known by the identifier 6LS1 in its later years) was a public-use general aviation airport that served the town of Haynesville and northern Claiborne Parish for over 50 years. Established in the late 1940s with a short, unpaved runway, it was an important local infrastructure asset. By the mid-1960s, its single runway (18/36) was paved and extended to 3,000 feet to accommodate a wider range of private and business aircraft. The airport supported activities such as personal and business travel, agricultural aviation (crop dusting), and provided a vital link for the community. It never handled commercial airline traffic but was a key component of the local transportation network before its closure.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Haynesville Airport. The land has been fully converted to industrial use, and the cost to clear the site and restore it to aviation standards would be prohibitive. The general aviation needs of the region are currently served by other facilities, such as the Claiborne Parish Airport (4F2) in nearby Homer, Louisiana.