Lada Airport

The specific reason is not officially documented, which is common for small, privately-owned airfields. The most likely reason is economic. The land was converted back to profitable agricultural use, suggesting the owner decided to cease aviation operations. There is no evidence of closure due to a major accident, military conversion, or regulatory action.

The site of the former airport has been fully reclaimed as active farmland. Current satellite imagery clearly shows the area is used for agriculture, with crops planted over the former runway. A faint outline of the straight, east-west runway is still visible from the air due to differences in soil compaction and history, but it is no longer a functional landing strip. A nearby road named 'Lada Drive' is the primary remaining reference to the family that owned and operated the airfield.

Lada Airport (formerly identified by the FAA as 2MI8) was a small, private general aviation airfield. It was established circa 1970 by the Lada family, who owned the property. The airport featured a single unpaved, turf runway (Runway 9/27) measuring approximately 2,600 feet. Its operations were limited to private use, serving the owner's aircraft and likely those of other local pilots with permission. It did not handle commercial or military traffic and its significance was confined to the local general aviation community in the Petersburg, Michigan area.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Lada Airport. The land is privately owned and has been consistently used for farming for nearly two decades. Given the economic investment required to repurchase and re-establish an airfield on productive farmland, its reopening is considered highly improbable. The airport is permanently closed.