Tostado, AR 🇦🇷 Closed Airport
AR-0654
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220 ft
AR-S
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Local Code: Not available
Location: -29.220089° N, -61.760298° E
Continent: SA
Type: Closed Airport
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The exact date is unknown as this was a private airstrip with no formal public records of its closure. Based on analysis of historical satellite imagery, the airstrip was visible and potentially usable in the early 2000s. By the early 2010s, signs of disuse were apparent, and by the mid-2010s, the land appears to have been fully converted to agriculture. Therefore, the closure likely occurred sometime between 2010 and 2015.
While no official reason is documented, the closure was almost certainly due to economic and operational reasons. As a private agricultural airstrip (indicated by its name 'Agrodistribuidora'), its existence was tied to the business that operated it. Common reasons for such closures include: the parent company ceasing operations, selling the land, consolidating its aviation activities at a larger nearby airport (like the Aeroclub Tostado - SATD), or finding that the land was more valuable for farming than for maintaining a private runway. There is no evidence to suggest closure due to a major accident, military conversion, or urban encroachment.
The site of the former Agrodistribuidora Airstrip has been completely reclaimed and is now used as active farmland. Satellite imagery clearly shows that the area where the runway once existed is now indistinguishable from the surrounding cultivated fields. There are no remaining aviation-related structures such as hangars, sheds, or runway markers.
The airstrip held no major national or regional historical significance. Its importance was purely local and private. It was a simple, unpaved (grass or dirt) runway designed to support agricultural aviation. Operations would have consisted of light aircraft, primarily for crop dusting, seeding, and fertilization of the surrounding farmlands. It may have also been used for occasional light private transport related to the agricultural business. It was not a public airport and did not handle commercial passenger or cargo traffic.
There are no known plans or prospects for reopening this airstrip. The land has been fully integrated into agricultural production, and reopening it would require significant investment to restore a runway. Furthermore, the nearby town of Tostado is already served by the Aeroclub Tostado (ICAO: SATD), a public aerodrome that can accommodate the region's general and agricultural aviation needs. There is no economic or logistical incentive to re-establish this defunct private field.
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