Redpath Restricted Landing Area

Cessation of private use. Redpath RLA was a privately owned airstrip, reportedly belonging to Jerry Redpath of Baldwin, IL. The closure was not due to military conversion, a major accident, or broad economic factors. Such private fields are typically closed for personal reasons, such as the owner's retirement from flying, declining health, sale of the property, or death. The closure reflects the end of its use by its private operator.

The site has been fully converted back to agricultural land. High-resolution satellite imagery shows the area of the former runway has been plowed over and is now actively farmed as part of the surrounding fields. While a faint outline of the former strip may be visible from the air under certain conditions, no airport infrastructure remains on the ground. The land is part of a private farmstead.

The airport's significance was primarily local, serving as a private general aviation facility. It consisted of a single unpaved, grass runway, measuring approximately 2,300 feet in length and oriented roughly NW/SE (14/32). Operations were limited to the owner's personal aircraft for recreational or business purposes. It was a typical example of thousands of private-use airstrips common in rural areas of the United States, supporting the personal mobility of a private pilot. It did not handle commercial, charter, or scheduled military operations.

Effectively zero. The land has been completely reclaimed for agricultural purposes. There are no known plans, discussions, or proposals to reopen the airstrip. Re-establishing an airport would require the private landowner to cease farming the parcel and undertake the full process of registering a new airfield with the FAA and state aviation authorities, for which there is no current indication of intent.