Hicksville, US 🇺🇸 Closed Airport
ICAO
US-10653
IATA
-
Elevation
740 ft
Region
US-OH
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 41.2592° N, -84.793601° E
Continent: North America
Type: Closed Airport
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| Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
09/27 |
2600 ft | 70 ft | TURF | Active |
| Type | Description | Frequency |
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Approximately between 2010 and 2015. The airport does not appear on aeronautical charts published after 2015. The closure is strongly correlated with the death of the likely owner and operator, Lowell E. Howensting, in 2010.
The airport was a private airstrip, and its closure was almost certainly due to the death of its owner. This is a very common fate for small, private airfields, which are often closed by the owner's family, with the land being sold or repurposed for other uses like agriculture.
The airport site has been fully reclaimed for agricultural use. Satellite imagery shows the land is now a cultivated field, and the distinct outline of the former runway has been plowed over, though a faint 'scar' in the landscape is still visible from the air due to years of soil compaction. Any associated buildings, like a hangar, may have been repurposed as farm storage.
Howensting Airport was a private, unregistered grass airstrip used for personal general aviation. It served as the home base for its owner, a local farmer and pilot. The facility consisted of a single turf runway, oriented approximately NNE/SSW, with an estimated length of 2,200-2,400 feet. Operations were limited to small, single-engine aircraft for recreational purposes. It held no wider commercial, military, or public significance and was not listed in official FAA directories.
There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Howensting Airport. The land is privately owned and is now productive farmland. Re-establishing an airport at this location is considered extremely unlikely.