People always say that one GA airport closes every week, yet no new GA
airports are opened. I was wondering, how literal is that second part?
Is the total number of new GA airport openings really zero? How long
has it been like that? If one were to identify the "newest" public use
GA airport, what year did it open? Sometimes in the 1970s? 1980s?

It's somewhat hyperbole, but mostly true.

Oh, sure, sometimes we hear about a new regional airport opening
somewhere, but invariably (it seems) they close two nearby airports in
order to justify its construction.

Luckily, America still has an amazing number of airports -- every town
over 30K people seems to have one. Thankfully, in the overall scheme
of a city budget, their operating expenses are usually neglible, so
they remain open for us to use.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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