Stewart Airport

The specific reason for the closure is not publicly documented. As a privately owned airfield, its closure was most likely due to common factors such as the owner's retirement or death, the sale of the land, or prohibitive operating costs. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident or for military conversion.

The site remains private property. Satellite imagery of the coordinates shows that the grass runway is still clearly distinguishable and appears to be mowed, suggesting the land is maintained. A single building, likely the original hangar, still stands at the south end of the former runway. The property is used for private residential and agricultural purposes and is no longer a licensed or operational airfield.

Stewart Airport (former FAA Location Identifier: IN51) was a private general aviation airfield located approximately 4 miles northwest of Elizabeth, Indiana. It was not depicted on charts in the 1950s or early 1960s, with its earliest known appearance being on the 1969 Louisville Sectional Chart. The airport featured a single, unpaved turf runway (18/36) with a length of 2,600 feet. It was owned and managed by the Stewart family and served the local recreational flying community. It never hosted commercial or scheduled airline operations. The identifier 'US-11453' is a non-standard code from an independent airport database, not an official ICAO code.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Stewart Airport. Given its decades-long closure and its status as privately owned residential and agricultural land, any prospect of it returning to aviation use is extremely unlikely.