North Valley Airport

As a private airstrip, the specific reason for its closure is not publicly documented. The most probable cause is a change in the needs or circumstances of the property owner. This could include the sale of the land, the owner no longer operating aircraft, or a decision that the cost of maintenance was no longer justified. It was not closed for military conversion or due to a specific accident.

The airport is abandoned and unusable for aviation. Current satellite imagery shows the faint outline of the runway, but it is heavily overgrown with desert scrub and bisected by at least one dirt track. The land has reverted to its use as part of the surrounding ranch or farmland. There are no remaining aviation facilities or buildings on the site.

North Valley Airport was a private general aviation airstrip. Its primary function was to serve the agricultural and ranching operations on the property where it was located. With a dirt/gravel runway approximately 3,600 feet long, it could accommodate light single and twin-engine aircraft. Its significance was purely utilitarian, providing the owner with convenient air access for personal transportation and managing a large, remote property. It held no public, commercial, or military significance.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the North Valley Airport. Given its private ownership, deteriorated condition, and the existence of the nearby public-use Dyer Airport (FAA: 2Q9), there is no practical or economic incentive for its restoration and reactivation.