Coldwater Ranch Airport

The specific reason is not publicly documented. However, as a private airfield owned by the Coldwater Cattle Company, its closure was almost certainly due to economic or operational reasons. Common factors for such private strip closures include the owner no longer flying, the sale of the property, a change in business needs, or the prohibitive costs of maintenance and liability insurance. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident or for military conversion.

The airport is permanently closed and abandoned. Current satellite imagery of the site shows the faint, overgrown outline of the former north-south runway. The land has been fully returned to agricultural use, appearing as open pasture for cattle grazing, consistent with the surrounding ranch environment. The runway is unmaintained, overgrown, and completely unusable for any aviation purposes.

Coldwater Ranch Airport, which also used the FAA location identifier 2TA3, was a significant private airfield that served the large Coldwater Cattle Company in the Texas Panhandle. Its primary function was to support the ranch's extensive agricultural and business operations. When active, it featured a single, substantial 6,000-foot by 100-foot turf runway (designated 17/35). The length of this runway was notable for a private strip, suggesting it was built to accommodate a wide range of general aviation aircraft, from single-engine planes used for fence-checking to larger multi-engine piston or turboprop aircraft for business travel and cargo.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Coldwater Ranch Airport. Given that it was a private facility that has been officially closed and abandoned for over a decade, its return to service is considered extremely unlikely.