Priebe Airport

The specific reason for closure is not officially documented, which is common for small private airfields. The closure was likely due to economic factors, the owner's retirement, or the sale of the land. The land's value for agriculture likely surpassed its value as a private airstrip. There is no evidence of closure due to a major accident or military conversion.

The site of the former Priebe Airport has been completely converted back to agricultural use. The land at the specified coordinates is now an open farm field, with no remaining trace of the runway, hangars, or any other aviation-related structures. The outline of the former airfield is no longer distinguishable from the surrounding farmland.

Priebe Airport was a private general aviation airfield owned and operated by Carl Priebe. It served local pilots in the Findlay area from approximately the late 1950s to the early 1970s. According to the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory, it featured a single 2,200-foot unpaved sod runway, designated as Runway 9/27. The airport was a typical example of a small, privately-owned field that supported recreational flying and general aviation in the mid-20th century. It never had scheduled commercial service and did not possess an official IATA or ICAO identifier; the 'US-10697' code is a non-standard identifier from a third-party database.

There are zero plans or prospects for reopening Priebe Airport. The land has been actively farmed for over 50 years, and its redevelopment into an airfield is considered infeasible both logistically and economically.