Watseka, US 🇺🇸 Closed Airport
ICAO
US-10558
IATA
-
Elevation
629 ft
Region
US-IL
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 40.792301° N, -87.725304° E
Continent: North America
Type: Closed Airport
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| Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
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4000 ft | 50 ft | TURF | Active |
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Officially closed (removed from aeronautical charts) between 1972 and 1981. While it is no longer a publicly charted airport, satellite imagery shows the turf runway has been continuously maintained and remains physically present.
The airport was a private field. The exact reason for its removal from official charts is not documented, but it is typical for such airfields to be delisted at the owner's request for privacy or liability reasons, or due to changes in FAA charting standards. It was not closed due to a specific accident, military conversion, or economic failure of a public enterprise.
The site is a private residential estate. The north-south turf runway is still clearly visible and appears to be well-maintained and usable as a private airstrip. It is not open to the public and does not appear in any official FAA airport directories.
Songwood Inn Airport was a private airstrip serving the 'Songwood' estate, owned by the T.E. Swartz family, who ran a promotional products company. The airport's primary function was to provide convenient air travel for the family and their guests, handling small, private general aviation aircraft. It was depicted on Chicago Sectional Charts in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a single unpaved runway. Its significance was entirely private and local to the estate it served. Note: The identifier 'US-10558' is a non-official code used by some third-party databases and not a recognized ICAO or FAA identifier.
There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Songwood Inn Airport as a public or officially charted airport. It continues to exist as a private, unlisted landing area, and its future use is at the sole discretion of the property owner. The likelihood of it ever becoming a public facility is virtually zero.