Los Juries Airport

The exact reason for closure is not officially documented, as this was likely a small, private airstrip rather than a public airport. The gradual decay visible in satellite imagery suggests economic abandonment. This is common for private agricultural airstrips ('aeródromos agrícolas') in rural Argentina, which may close if the owner's operational needs change, the cost of maintenance becomes prohibitive, or the associated farm changes hands.

The site is abandoned. The former dirt runway is still clearly visible from satellite view but is completely overgrown with grass and shrubs. There are faint vehicle tracks crossing the runway, but it is unusable for any aviation purposes. There are no remaining buildings, hangars, or other aviation infrastructure at the site. The land appears to be fallow and is not actively being used for farming or any other purpose.

The airport holds no major historical significance. Its ICAO code, AR-0642, is an unofficial identifier used in some non-governmental databases, indicating it was not part of the national public airport system. Its location in a major agricultural region of Santiago del Estero province strongly suggests its primary purpose was to support agricultural aviation. Operations would have consisted of light aircraft, primarily for crop dusting ('fumigación aérea') and potentially for private transportation for local landowners. It was never used for commercial passenger or significant cargo operations.

There are no known or published plans to reopen Los Juries Airport. Given its likely private nature, remote location, and lack of infrastructure, any prospect of reopening would depend entirely on a private entity investing to clear and re-establish the runway for agricultural or general aviation use. Currently, there is no indication of such interest, and reopening is considered highly unlikely.