Great Oaks Airport

The specific reason for the closure is not officially documented. As a privately owned airfield, its closure was likely due to personal or economic factors, such as the sale of the property, the owner no longer having a need for it, or the cost of maintenance becoming prohibitive. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident or for military conversion.

The airport is permanently closed and the site remains private property. Satellite imagery of the coordinates shows the faint but clear outline of the former north-south runway, which is now an overgrown grass field, possibly used for agriculture like hay production. A building that appears to be the former hangar is still standing at the south end of the old runway. The land has not been redeveloped for residential or industrial use, but it is no longer maintained as an active airfield.

Great Oaks Airport was a small, private general aviation airfield. Its FAA identifier was GA55. The earliest known depiction on an aeronautical chart was in 1977. According to the 1983 AOPA Airport Directory, it was owned by C. H. McAvoy and featured a single 3,000-foot turf runway designated 18/36. Its operations were limited to private use, likely serving the owner and associates for recreational flying and personal transport. Its significance was purely local, providing private air access in a rural area of Wilkes County, Georgia.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Great Oaks Airport. Given that it has been closed for over two decades and is on private land, its revival as an aviation facility is highly unlikely. Re-establishing the airport would require significant private investment and recertification, for which there is no apparent demand or initiative.