Swanson Ranch Nr 1 Airport

While not officially documented, the closure was almost certainly due to private economic reasons. The conversion of the land into a productive orchard suggests that the agricultural value of the property surpassed its utility as a private airstrip. This is a common reason for the closure of small, private airfields in California's Central Valley, as land becomes more valuable for farming.

The airport is permanently closed and has been completely erased from the landscape. The site is now a dense, mature orchard, fully integrated into the surrounding agricultural land. There are no visible remnants of the runway, hangars, or any other aviation-related infrastructure at its former location.

Swanson Ranch Nr 1 Airport was a private airstrip, as indicated by its name. Its primary purpose was to serve the needs of the Swanson Ranch. Operations would have included personal and business-related transportation for the ranch owners. Given its location in a major agricultural area, it may also have supported agricultural aviation activities like crop dusting or aerial surveying. It was one of many small, private farm strips that were common in the region during the mid-20th century general aviation boom, but it holds no known wider historical significance.

There are zero known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land is now high-value, productive agricultural real estate. Re-establishing an airfield would require purchasing the land and clearing the mature orchard, which is economically unfeasible and highly improbable. The general aviation needs of the area are served by the nearby Hanford Municipal Airport (KHJO).