Sandy Run Acres Airport

The specific reason for the closure is not officially documented. However, as a small, private airfield, the closure was likely due to common factors such as the sale of the property for residential development, the owner ceasing aviation activities, or the increasing costs and liability of maintaining a private airstrip. The encroachment of residential properties around the field suggests the land became more valuable for other purposes.

The airport is permanently closed and defunct. The site is now largely overgrown. Satellite imagery shows the faint outline of the former north-south runway, but it is covered in grass, shrubs, and some small trees. The land appears to have been absorbed into the surrounding private residential lots. A local road, 'Sandy Run Airstrip Road NE', still exists, serving as a reminder of the site's previous use as an airfield.

Sandy Run Acres Airport, also known by its official FAA identifier 61NC as Sandy Run Air Park, was a private general aviation airfield. It was operational from at least 1979. The airport featured a single unpaved turf runway, designated 18/36, with a length of approximately 3,000 feet. Its primary function was to serve private pilots and light aircraft. The name 'Air Park' suggests it may have been intended to be part of a residential fly-in community, where residents could keep their planes at their homes. It served the local aviation community in the Maco/Leland area for roughly two decades before its closure. The ICAO code 'US-11032' is a non-standard identifier used by some third-party databases for closed airfields; its official identifier when active was 61NC.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Sandy Run Acres Airport. The runway is unmaintained, obstructed, and no longer meets any safety standards. The land is now integrated with private residential property, making any effort to re-establish an airport unfeasible and highly improbable.