Klockner Airport

The airport was a privately owned field. While no single official reason is documented, the closure is consistent with common reasons for small, private airfields ceasing operations, such as the owner's retirement or death, the sale of the property, or the rising costs of maintenance and liability. There is no evidence of military conversion or a major accident leading to the closure.

The site has been significantly redeveloped and is now home to a large-scale solar farm. The original paved runway remains largely intact and visible on satellite imagery, appearing to serve as an access road for the solar panel arrays and associated infrastructure that now occupy the surrounding land. The property is no longer used for any aviation activities.

Klockner Airport (also known as Klockner Field) was a private general aviation airfield that first appeared on aeronautical charts in 1968. It was owned and operated by Fred Klockner. The airport featured a single runway (18/36) which was initially a 2,600-foot turf strip and was later paved. It served local private pilots and was a typical example of the numerous personal-use airfields that supported the general aviation community in the United States during the late 20th century. The identifier US-11293 is a non-official designation used by some third-party databases and not a formal ICAO code.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The construction of the solar farm represents a significant, long-term capital investment and a fundamental change in land use. Reverting the property to an airfield would be economically and logistically prohibitive, making the prospect of reopening virtually zero.