R D Williams Airport

The specific reason for the closure is not officially documented. As a privately owned airfield (formerly FAA identifier T68), its closure was likely due to private circumstances. Common reasons for such closures include the owner selling the property, ceasing aviation activities, the death of the owner, or the land becoming more valuable for other uses like agriculture or development.

The airport is permanently closed and the site is no longer used for aviation. An examination of current satellite imagery reveals that the land has been completely repurposed for agriculture. The area that once constituted the runway is now a dense, commercial tree farm or timber plantation, with trees planted in uniform rows, making the former airstrip completely unusable. While the faint outline of the runway is still visible from the air, the land is fully integrated into the surrounding agricultural landscape.

R D Williams Airport, also known by its former FAA identifier T68, was a private-use general aviation airfield. It primarily served the personal and business aviation needs of its owner, R.D. Williams, and possibly invited local pilots. The facility consisted of a single turf runway, approximately 3,000 feet long, oriented north-south (17/35). It did not handle commercial, cargo, or military operations. Its historical significance is limited to being a local, private aviation facility representative of many small airfields that supported general aviation in rural America during the late 20th century.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. Given that the property has been converted to an agricultural tree farm for over two decades and the runway is fully obstructed, the cost and effort to clear the land and restore it to aviation use would be substantial. The prospect of reopening is considered extremely low to non-existent.