Rose Packing County Heliport

Economic reasons. The heliport was a private facility owned and operated by the Rose Packing Company. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2015 and subsequently announced in June 2017 that it would be permanently closing its Chicago plant and laying off all employees. The heliport was closed as a direct result of the shutdown of the business it served.

The industrial site where the heliport was located is now an active cold storage and logistics facility operated by Lineage Logistics. Following the closure of the Rose Packing Company, the property was sold and repurposed. The physical helipad, which was likely a simple concrete pad, is no longer in use and may have been removed or repurposed as part of the facility's current infrastructure.

The Rose Packing County Heliport was a private corporate aviation facility. Its primary purpose was to provide convenient and rapid transportation for company executives, likely for travel between company sites, to and from major Chicago airports like Midway (which is nearby) and O'Hare, or for other business-related transport. It was not a public-use airport and did not handle commercial passenger or cargo traffic. Its significance is tied to the history of the Rose Packing Company, a major meatpacking firm in Chicago for decades, representing an era when large industrial corporations maintained their own private aviation infrastructure.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the heliport. The facility was purpose-built for a company that no longer operates at the location. The new owner, Lineage Logistics, has not expressed any public interest in re-establishing aviation operations. The heliport is considered permanently closed, and its ICAO identifier is defunct.