Day Field

While not officially documented, the closure is consistent with patterns seen with many small, private airfields. The primary reasons were likely economic and related to land value. The land was repurposed for agriculture and later sold for lucrative real estate development as the Des Moines suburbs, including Grimes, expanded. This type of urban encroachment makes continued operation of a small airfield financially unviable for the owner.

The site of the former Day Field has been completely redeveloped and is unrecognizable as an airfield. It is now a dense suburban residential neighborhood known as Beaverbrooke. The exact location of the former runway is now covered by single-family homes, lawns, and streets such as NW Beaverbrooke Boulevard and NW 37th Street. There are no physical remnants of the airport.

Day Field was a small, privately owned general aviation airfield. It was established sometime between 1972 and 1980 and was operated by Robert Day. It served local private pilots and their light aircraft. The airfield featured a single unpaved turf runway, designated 18/36, with a length of approximately 2,150 feet. It was a typical example of a private-use grass strip that supported recreational flying in the area for about two decades but never handled commercial or military operations.

None. The land has been fully redeveloped into a residential housing community. Reopening an airport on this site is physically and logistically impossible without the demolition of numerous private homes and infrastructure.