Owens Field

The specific reason for the initial closure is not officially documented. However, as a small, privately-owned airfield, it likely closed due to economic factors. These factors could include the owner's retirement or death, rising property values, or the decision to sell the land for more profitable commercial/industrial development, which ultimately occurred.

The site has been completely redeveloped. The southern portion of the former airport property is now occupied by a large industrial facility, the Heartland Automotive LLC manufacturing plant. The northern portion of the former runway has reverted to agricultural farmland. While faint outlines of the runway may still be visible in historical satellite imagery, no physical remnants of the airport infrastructure exist, and it is unrecognizable as an airfield from the ground.

Owens Field was a small, private general aviation airport that served the Greencastle community for several decades. It was established sometime between 1944 and 1949 and was operated by Lawrence Owens. The airport featured a single north-south turf runway (18/36) that was initially 2,200 feet long and was later listed as 2,400 feet. It primarily handled recreational flying and personal aircraft for local pilots. The ICAO identifier 'US-11396' is a non-official code used by some third-party databases to track historical airfields; it was never assigned an official ICAO or IATA code.

None. There are no plans or prospects for reopening Owens Field. The land has been permanently and significantly repurposed for industrial use, with a large factory built directly on the former airport grounds, making any future aviation activity impossible.