Venango, US 🇺🇸 Closed Airport
US-10414
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3575 ft
US-NE
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 40.730317° N, -102.032251° E
Continent: NA
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: 5NE9
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The exact closure date is not officially documented. However, the airport was a private field believed to be owned and operated by the Dodson family. Based on public records indicating the passing of the likely owners between 2011 and 2013, it is presumed that the airport ceased active operations around that period.
The closure was due to personal reasons, specifically the owners ceasing aviation activities, likely due to retirement or death. As a private farm strip, its operation was dependent on its owners. When they were no longer able to fly or maintain it, the airfield simply fell into disuse. This was not a closure based on regulatory action, accidents, or economic failure in a commercial sense.
The site is currently private agricultural land. High-resolution satellite imagery of the coordinates (40.730317, -102.032251) still shows the faint but clear outline of the former north-south runway. However, the surface is no longer maintained for aviation and is reverting to a natural field or pasture, integrated with the surrounding farmland. There are no remaining airport facilities like hangars or markings visible.
Dodson Brothers Airport was a classic example of a private, rural American airstrip. It was an unpaved, grass or dirt runway located on a private farm. Its primary purpose was to support the owners' personal and business activities, which likely included general aviation for travel and agricultural aviation (crop dusting) for their farm in Venango. It served light, single-engine aircraft. The airport was not registered with the FAA and did not appear on official aeronautical charts, making it a 'prior permission required' or strictly private field. The identifier 'US-10414' is an unofficial code used by non-governmental aviation databases, not a formal ICAO or FAA identifier.
There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Dodson Brothers Airport. Since the land is privately owned and part of an active farm, its future as an airfield is highly unlikely. Any potential reopening would be entirely at the discretion of the current landowners and would require significant investment to restore the runway to a safe, usable condition.