Heritage Ranch Airport

The closure was due to economic factors and urban encroachment. The land was sold for a more profitable use: large-scale real estate development. The construction of the 'Long Meadow Farms' master-planned community and the new Grand Parkway (Texas State Highway 99) directly over the airport grounds necessitated its permanent closure.

The site of the former airport has been completely redeveloped and is unrecognizable as an airfield. The land is now occupied by the dense suburban housing development of 'Long Meadow Farms' and a major transportation corridor, the Grand Parkway (TX-99). There are no physical remnants of the runway, hangars, or other airport facilities. However, the site's history is acknowledged through local street names like 'Heritage Ranch Drive'.

Heritage Ranch Airport (formerly FAA LID: 40XS) was a private-use airpark established sometime between 1978 and 1981. It primarily served local pilots and potentially a small fly-in community. The airport featured a single asphalt runway, initially 3,000 feet long, which was later listed as 2,650 feet. In its later years of operation (e.g., the 1998 AOPA Airport Directory), it was home to approximately 10 based single-engine aircraft. It represented a common type of privately-owned general aviation airfield that became increasingly rare as suburban areas expanded around major cities.

There are zero plans or prospects for reopening Heritage Ranch Airport. The land has been permanently and irreversibly repurposed for residential and major highway infrastructure, making any return to aviation use impossible.