Wallace Field

The specific reason for closure is not officially documented. As a privately-owned airfield (owned by J.A. Wallace), the closure was most likely due to personal reasons of the owner, such as retirement, death, or the sale of the property. Economic factors and the increasing land value in Baldwin County for development or agriculture are also probable contributing factors, which is a common fate for small, private general aviation strips.

The site is currently private property and is not used for aviation. Satellite imagery shows the faint but clear outline of the former north-south grass runway, which is now an overgrown field. The surrounding area consists of agricultural land and woods. Some original structures, possibly a farmhouse and hangars, appear to still be on the property adjacent to the former runway.

Wallace Field was a small, private general aviation airport. Its identifier, US-11105, is a non-official code used by some databases; its state identifier was AL30. First appearing on aeronautical charts in the early 1970s, it served local pilots for recreational flying. The 1982 AOPA Airports USA Directory described it as having a single 2,600-foot turf Runway 18/36. It did not handle commercial or military operations and its significance was limited to the local aviation community it served for approximately three decades.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Wallace Field. Given its long period of closure, its status as private land, and the development in the surrounding region, its return to service as an airport is considered extremely unlikely.