Robel Field

The airport was a private-use field. Closures of such small, private airfields are typically due to the owner ceasing aviation activities, selling the property, or the land being repurposed. In this case, the closure coincides with the significant suburban expansion of Grimes and the Des Moines metropolitan area, making it likely the land was sold and converted to agricultural or large-lot residential use. There is no indication of closure due to a specific accident, economic failure of a commercial operation, or military conversion.

The airport is permanently closed and no longer exists. Satellite imagery shows the land has been completely converted for agricultural use. The former runway area is now part of a cultivated field. While a faint outline of the former runway is sometimes visible in historical aerial photos due to soil compaction, there are no remaining aviation facilities, markings, or buildings like hangars on the site. The land is privately owned and not accessible to the public.

Robel Field was a small, private-use general aviation airport. Its significance lies in its representation of a common type of airfield that was prevalent in rural America during the mid-to-late 20th century, supporting personal and recreational flying. It consisted of a single unpaved, north-south turf runway, approximately 2,600 feet in length. Operations would have been limited to small, single-engine aircraft typical of general aviation. The identifier US-11363 is a non-standard code used by some third-party databases and was not an official ICAO or FAA location identifier.

None. The land has been fully reclaimed for agriculture, and the surrounding area has seen increased residential development. Re-establishing an airport at this location would be unfeasible due to current land use, zoning regulations, and incompatibility with the surrounding suburban environment. There are no known plans or prospects for it to ever operate as an airport again.