Harrington Farms Airport

The specific reason for the closure is not officially documented. However, as a small, privately-owned airfield, the closure was most likely due to personal or economic factors. Common reasons for such closures include the owner's retirement or death, the sale of the property, rising liability insurance costs, or the land being more valuable for agriculture. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident or for military conversion.

The site of the former airport has been completely returned to agricultural use. Modern satellite imagery of the coordinates (41.558601, -88.664497) shows only cultivated farmland. There are no visible remnants of the runway, hangars, or any other aviation infrastructure. The land is indistinguishable from the surrounding farms.

Harrington Farms Airport, also known as Harrington's Field, was a small, private turf airstrip serving the local general aviation community. Its significance was primarily local, providing a base for recreational flying and potentially agricultural operations. It was first depicted on aeronautical charts around 1970. The 1982 AOPA Airport Directory listed it as having a single 2,600-foot turf runway designated 18/36. The owner was listed as W. Harrington. The airport handled small, single-engine aircraft typical of private general aviation.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Harrington Farms Airport. The land has been fully reclaimed for agriculture, and re-establishing an airfield would be a new development project requiring land purchase and significant investment. It is considered permanently closed.