Styron Airport

Economic reasons, specifically urban development. The airport was situated on valuable land in the rapidly growing city of Foley. The private owner sold the property to real estate developers for a more profitable land use. The closure was not due to military conversion, a specific accident, or regulatory action, but rather a common fate for small, privately-owned airfields in expanding suburban areas.

The site of the former airport has been completely and irreversibly redeveloped. The land is now occupied by a dense residential housing development known as 'Cottages on the Greene'. The street layout of the subdivision covers the entire area of the former runway and airfield. There are no visible remnants of the airport, such as hangars, runway markers, or the turf landing strip. The only remaining legacy of the airport is in the local nomenclature, with street names like 'Styron's Way' acknowledging the former landowners and the site's history.

Styron Airport was a small, privately-owned, public-use airfield that served the general aviation community of Foley and the surrounding Baldwin County area. It was named for the Styron family, the owners of the property. When active, it featured a single unpaved, turf runway, approximately 2,600 feet in length, oriented roughly north/south. The airport primarily handled light single-engine aircraft for recreational flying and personal transportation. It served as a local hub for private pilots before the significant expansion and development of other regional airports like Foley Municipal Airport (now South Alabama Regional Airport at Bill Benton Field - KJZU) and Jack Edwards National Airport (KJKA) in nearby Gulf Shores.

There are zero prospects for reopening Styron Airport. The land has been fully utilized for high-density residential housing, including homes, streets, and associated infrastructure. Re-establishing an airport on this site is physically and legally impossible due to the existing development.