Forest Field

No official reason for the closure has been documented. However, for a small, private airfield like Forest Field, closure is typically due to economic factors. Common reasons include the owner's retirement or death, rising maintenance costs, declining use, or the land becoming more valuable for other purposes, such as agriculture. The gradual return of the airfield to farmland suggests a planned closure rather than a sudden event.

The site has been fully converted back to agricultural use. Satellite imagery clearly shows the former runway area has been plowed and is now part of the surrounding farmland, used for growing crops. The faint outline of the former strip is still visible from the air due to soil compaction, but it is no longer a functional runway. The building that was likely the hangar appears to still be standing and is probably used for farm storage.

Forest Field was a small, private general aviation airport with local significance. It was first depicted on the 1970 Detroit Sectional Chart. The airfield featured a single unpaved turf runway, approximately 2,600 feet long, oriented in a NNE/SSW direction. It primarily served the local community's private pilots for recreational flying. Given its location in a rural, agricultural area, it may have also supported agricultural aviation operations like crop dusting. There was at least one hangar on the property, located at the south end of the runway. It held no major commercial or military significance.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Forest Field. The land has been fully reclaimed for agriculture, which is the primary industry in the region. Re-establishing an airport would require significant investment to purchase the land and rebuild all infrastructure from scratch. Given the lack of demand that likely led to its initial closure, a reopening is considered extremely unlikely.