Hartline Air Strip STOLport

The closure was due to a private owner's decision to cease operations and repurpose the land. As a privately owned airstrip, its existence was dependent on the owner's desire to maintain it. The construction of a building directly on the runway path indicates a deliberate conversion of the property from aviation to residential or agricultural use, which is a common reason for the closure of small, private airfields.

The site is now private property and is no longer recognizable as an airport. A large private residence or outbuilding occupies the southern portion of the former runway. The remainder of the land where the airstrip was located has been converted into a lawn and surrounding fields. There is no remaining aviation infrastructure, and the land is not usable for aircraft operations.

Hartline Air Strip was a private general aviation airfield, also known by the FAA identifier 1H2. Its designation as a STOLport (Short Take-Off and Landing) indicates it was designed for light aircraft with excellent short-field performance. The airfield featured a single unpaved turf runway, approximately 2,000 feet long, aligned north-south (Runway 18/36). It was established sometime before 1969 and was owned by L.D. Hartline. The airstrip was representative of the numerous private grass strips that supported personal and recreational flying in rural America during the latter half of the 20th century. It did not handle commercial or significant military operations; its use was exclusively for private general aviation.

There are no plans or prospects for reopening the Hartline Air Strip. The presence of a permanent building constructed directly on the former runway makes a future reopening as an airport infeasible without significant demolition and redevelopment, which is extremely unlikely for a small, private strip.