McQuestion's Airport

As a private airstrip, the official reason for closure is not on public record. The closure is characteristic of small, privately-owned airfields and was likely due to personal circumstances of the owner. Common reasons include the owner's retirement from flying, health reasons, the sale of the property, or the owner's passing. The gradual transition of the runway back into farmland suggests a planned cessation of aviation activities rather than a closure due to a specific incident or economic failure.

The site is currently private property used for agricultural purposes, likely for hay or other crops. The faint, grassy outline of the former north-south runway is still visible in satellite views, but it is unmaintained and is being absorbed into the surrounding field. The associated residential house and farm buildings to the east of the former runway appear to be occupied and in use as a private residence and farm. The property is not an active airfield and is not accessible to the public.

McQuestion's Airport was a private grass airstrip with local, personal significance rather than broad historical importance. It served as a base for the owner's personal general aviation aircraft. Its operations would have consisted of recreational flying and private transportation using small, single-engine planes. The airport is representative of thousands of similar private farm strips across rural America that embody the freedom and utility of personal aviation. It was never a commercial or public-use airport and did not handle scheduled flights or significant air traffic. Note: The identifier 'US-10398' is not an official ICAO code but an internal catalog number from a non-governmental aviation database.

There are no known public plans or prospects for reopening McQuestion's Airport. Since it was a private facility on private land, any potential for reopening would be entirely at the discretion of the current landowner. Given that the land has been repurposed for agriculture for several years, a return to aviation activity is considered highly unlikely.