Trego Airport

The airport was a private airstrip, and its closure was not due to a specific incident or military conversion. The most likely reason is that the owner ceased aviation activities, sold the property, or decided to repurpose the land for a more economically viable use. The subsequent conversion of the site into active farmland, complete with a center-pivot irrigation system, confirms its repurposing for agricultural reasons.

The site of the former Trego Airport is now actively used for agriculture. The land where the north-south runway was located has been plowed over and is part of a larger cultivated field. A large center-pivot irrigation system now covers a portion of the former runway's path. While a faint outline of the airstrip is still discernible in satellite imagery, it is no longer a functional or recognizable runway on the ground.

Trego Airport had no major historical significance in a national or regional context. It was a small, private turf airstrip, likely a 'farm strip' used by the landowner for personal and/or agricultural aviation. Operations would have been limited to small, single-engine general aviation aircraft for personal transportation or farm-related activities like surveying. It did not handle commercial, cargo, or scheduled passenger traffic and lacked significant infrastructure such as hangars, fuel services, or a terminal.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Trego Airport. The land has been fully repurposed for agriculture, and significant infrastructure (the irrigation system) has been installed. Re-establishing an airport would be economically unfeasible and impractical. The general aviation needs of the local area are served by the nearby Sutherland Municipal Airport (KSUH), located approximately 4 miles to the northwest.