Lost Acres Airport

No single official reason is documented, which is common for small, private airfields. However, the closure was most likely due to the sale of the land for commercial development. Small general aviation fields like Lost Acres often close when the owner retires, passes away, or finds the land value for development far exceeds its value as an airfield. There is no evidence of a major accident or military conversion leading to its closure.

The site of the former airport has been completely and irreversibly redeveloped. The land where the turf runway and associated structures once stood is now occupied by a large industrial warehouse and distribution center. Specifically, a Target Distribution Center (located at 1463 Nitterhouse Drive) and its extensive parking lots and truck bays now sit directly on the former airfield grounds. All traces of the runway and its aviation past have been obliterated by this new construction.

Lost Acres Airport was a small, privately owned general aviation airfield. Its earliest known appearance on aeronautical charts was in 1960. The 1962 AOPA Airport Directory listed it as having a single 2,000-foot turf runway (9/27) and identified the operator as Robert S. Gabler. It served the local recreational flying community for over three decades, providing a base for private pilots. By 1982, the runway had been slightly extended to 2,200 feet. Its operations were typical of a small private strip: serving single-engine aircraft for personal and recreational use.

There are zero prospects for reopening. The land has been repurposed for large-scale industrial use with permanent, high-value structures built directly on the former airport site. The original airfield is physically gone and cannot be restored.