Harley White Field

While not officially documented, the closure was almost certainly due to the death of its private owner. Small, private-use airfields like this one are typically closed and the land repurposed when the owner is no longer able to maintain or use it. There is no evidence of accidents, military conversion, or economic failure beyond the personal circumstances of the owner.

The site has reverted to private agricultural land. Modern satellite imagery of the coordinates (31.8613, -98.259499) clearly shows the faint, overgrown outline of the former runway amidst fields used for farming or cattle grazing. There are no remaining airport facilities such as hangars, and the land is indistinguishable from the surrounding rural properties except for the faint scar of the old runway.

Harley White Field was a private general aviation airport, likely established for the personal use of its owner. First appearing on charts in 1968, it featured a single unpaved turf runway oriented north-south, with a length of approximately 2,600 feet. Operations would have consisted of light, single-engine aircraft used for recreational flying or personal transportation. Its significance was purely local, representing a typical mid-20th-century private American airstrip and holding no major commercial or military importance.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Harley White Field. The land is privately owned and has been used for agriculture for over 30 years. Given its long period of disuse and the lack of any commercial or public demand for an airport at this specific location, the prospect of it ever being reopened as an aviation facility is virtually zero.