Brooks Ranch Airport

The specific reason is not publicly documented. However, the pattern of closure is typical for a small, private airstrip. The most likely reasons include the sale of the property to a non-pilot, the original owner ceasing aviation activities due to age or cost, or the owner's passing. The subsequent and immediate conversion of the land back to profitable agricultural use strongly suggests the new or ongoing owner had no use for an airfield.

The site has been fully converted back to agricultural land and is actively farmed. The faint, linear outline of the former compacted turf runway is still visible in satellite and aerial imagery as a slight discoloration in the soil and crops, but there are no remaining aviation facilities. Any buildings or hangars associated with the airstrip have been removed.

Brooks Ranch Airport was a small, private general aviation airstrip. Its identifier, US-11420, is not an official ICAO or FAA code but an internal designator used by certain non-governmental aeronautical databases. The airport was not depicted on standard VFR sectional charts, indicating its status as a private, 'prior permission required' (PPR) or un-charted field. Its significance was primarily functional, serving the owner of the 'Brooks Ranch' for personal and/or agricultural aircraft operations. It consisted of a single north-south turf runway, approximately 2,200 feet in length. Operations would have been limited to light, single-engine aircraft typical of private recreational flying or farm use.

None. There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land is privately owned and has been integrated into surrounding farmland for nearly two decades. Re-establishing an airport on the site would be prohibitively expensive and would require the current landowner to cease agricultural production on that parcel, which is highly unlikely.