Meadowlark Airport was purchased in 1947 by the Koichi and Toyo Nerio family,[1] and their children, Art, Yukio and Betty.

The eldest son Art Nerio[2][3] managed the airport from 1970 until its closure in 1989, and could be identified as a lone bicycle-riding figure keeping an eye on things around the 80-acre airfield.

When the airport opened, several other small airfields were listed nearby, including Huntington Beach Airport, a small field with one hangar and fuel facilities built on a peat marsh in east Huntington Beach.

Meadowlark Airport was initially a short strip used mostly by students to practice touch and go landings.

[5] Occupying the former airport site is the Summerlane community, within which is the Norma Brandell Gibbs Butterfly Park.