Bauer Airport

The specific reason is not officially documented. However, as a small, privately owned airfield named after its owner (La Verne Bauer), the closure was most likely due to personal or economic factors. Common reasons for such closures include the owner's retirement or death, the sale of the property, or the prohibitive cost of maintenance, leading to the land being fully converted back to its primary agricultural use.

The airport is permanently closed and no longer exists. The site at coordinates 42.068474, -88.987971 has been completely reclaimed for agriculture. The former runway and any associated structures have been removed, and the land is now an indistinguishable part of a larger cultivated farm field.

Bauer Airport (formerly identified as 3LL8) was a private general aviation airfield. It was established sometime between 1969 and 1971. The airport consisted of a single unpaved, 2,600-foot turf runway, oriented approximately north-south (Runway 18/36), and at least one small hangar. Its primary function was to serve the personal aviation needs of its owner and potentially other local pilots. It appeared on aeronautical charts and in flight directories from the early 1970s through the late 1990s as a private-use facility.

None. The land is privately owned and has been actively used for farming for over two decades. There are no known plans, discussions, or prospects for the airport to be re-established.