Shangri La Airport

The specific reason for closure is not officially documented, which is common for small, private airfields. The closure is presumed to be due to personal or economic reasons for the owner. Small general aviation fields often cease operations when the owner retires from flying, sells the property, can no longer afford the upkeep, or passes away. There is no evidence of closure due to a major accident or military conversion.

The site is now private land and is no longer a functioning airport. Current satellite imagery shows that the former turf runway is still visible as a distinct, well-maintained grass clearing within a larger agricultural or residential property. However, there are no aircraft, runway markings, or active aviation facilities present. Any buildings that may have served as hangars appear to be repurposed for farm or storage use. The land is effectively a private field.

Shangri La Airport was a small, privately owned general aviation airfield with the FAA Location Identifier 8PN1 (the ICAO code US-10584 is a non-standard database identifier). Its significance was purely local, serving as a base for the owner's personal aircraft and possibly those of a few other local pilots. It was not a commercial airport and had no scheduled flights. Operations consisted of recreational flying in light, single-engine aircraft. The airfield featured a single turf runway, designated 10/28, with a length of approximately 2,200 feet. The earliest known depiction on an aeronautical chart was in 1968.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Shangri La Airport. Given that it has been officially closed and removed from aviation charts for approximately two decades and the land is privately held, a return to aviation use is highly unlikely.