Anderson-Plummer Airport

The specific reason is not officially documented, which is common for small, private airfields. However, the evidence points towards economic reasons and land repurposing. The airport transitioned from a public municipal field to a private one, and the land was eventually converted for agricultural use by its private owners. There is no indication that it was closed due to a specific accident, military conversion, or regulatory action.

The airport is permanently closed and no longer recognizable as an airfield from the ground. Satellite imagery shows the faint outline of the former north/south runway. The land has been fully converted to agricultural use and is part of a larger farm. The former runway area is now a field used for growing crops and, at times, for storing large round hay bales.

Initially known as Potlatch Airport, it served as the public, municipal airport for the town of Potlatch, Idaho. As early as 1955, it was depicted with a 2,600-foot unpaved runway. It primarily handled local general aviation traffic, serving private pilots and potentially some agricultural operations common in the region. In the late 1970s or early 1980s, it became a private airfield and was renamed Anderson-Plummer Airport, after its new operators W. Anderson & G. Plummer. Its significance was local, providing basic air access to a small rural community before larger, better-equipped regional airports became the standard.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land is privately owned and has been integrated into agricultural operations for decades. The proximity of the much larger and full-service Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (KPUW), about 15 miles south, eliminates any practical need or demand for a small airstrip at this location.