Cupp/SJVS Landing Strip

The closure was not due to a specific incident, military conversion, or major economic event. As a private airstrip, the most probable reason for its closure was a change in the owner's circumstances, such as the sale of the property, the owner ceasing to fly due to age or cost, or the owner's death. The land was subsequently reverted to its primary agricultural use.

The site of the former Cupp/SJVS Landing Strip has been completely converted back into agricultural land. Current satellite imagery shows the area where the runway once existed is now actively cultivated farmland, with no remaining visible trace of the airstrip.

The facility was a private grass landing strip with no significant public or historical role. The coordinates provided (42.994701, -85.454201) place the airstrip in Alto, Kent County, Michigan, not Mendon. The name 'Cupp' likely refers to the family that owned the farm on which the strip was located. Its operations would have been limited to small, single-engine general aviation aircraft for personal, recreational, or agricultural purposes. It was never a public-use airport and had no commercial services. The identifier 'US-10887' is not an official ICAO or FAA code but an unofficial identifier used by third-party aviation databases for small or defunct airfields.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening this airstrip. The land is privately owned and is currently productive farmland. Re-establishing an airfield would be at the sole discretion of the landowner and is considered extremely unlikely.