Collier Farms Airport

As a private airfield, the specific reason for closure is not public record. The most probable cause is the cessation of aviation activities by its owner, Jerry Collier. This is common for private strips and can be due to various personal factors such as retirement, the sale of the property, the high cost of aircraft ownership and airfield maintenance, or the owner's death. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a specific accident, economic failure of a business, or military conversion.

The airport is permanently closed and has been fully reclaimed by the surrounding agricultural landscape. The site of the former runway is now part of a larger field used for farming or grazing. While a faint, straight scar of the north-south runway is still visible in high-resolution satellite views, it is completely overgrown and is not usable for any aviation activity. There are no remaining airport infrastructure, such as hangars, lighting, or markings.

Collier Farms Airport was a small, private-use airfield serving the owners of Collier Farms. Its operations were limited to general aviation. The airport featured a single turf runway, designated 17/35, with dimensions of approximately 2,640 feet by 50 feet. Its significance was purely local, providing a convenient transportation asset for the farm's owners for personal or business travel. It represents a typical example of the thousands of private farm and ranch airstrips that were common across rural America in the latter half of the 20th century.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Collier Farms Airport. The land is privately owned and has been repurposed for agriculture for over a decade. Re-establishing an airport on the site would require significant private investment and regulatory approval, making any such prospect extremely unlikely.