Glozhene South Airport

Primarily economic reasons. The airport was part of the vast network of agricultural airfields operated by the state-owned company 'Selskostopanska Aviatsia' (Agricultural Aviation). After the fall of the communist regime in 1989, the collective farming system was dismantled, and the state-sponsored agricultural aviation enterprise collapsed due to lack of funding and privatization. This led to the abandonment of most of its small, rural airfields, including Glozhene South.

The airport is completely abandoned and defunct. Satellite imagery and local reports confirm that the former grass/dirt runway has been plowed over and is now indistinguishable from the surrounding agricultural fields. The land has been fully reclaimed for farming. Any auxiliary buildings, such as hangars or sheds, are either demolished or in a severe state of dereliction and decay, often repurposed for informal farm storage. The site is not recognizable as an airfield from the ground and is completely unusable for any aviation activities.

The airport's significance was purely utilitarian and agricultural. It was a vital base for crop-dusting and aerial spraying operations serving the large collective farms in the fertile Danubian Plain of northwestern Bulgaria. Its primary function was to support the region's intensive agriculture. Operations would have typically involved rugged, single-engine aircraft designed for such tasks, most commonly the Antonov An-2 and possibly the Zlin Z-37 Čmelák. It was never intended for passenger or significant cargo traffic and held no major military importance. It was one of dozens of similar airfields that formed the backbone of Bulgaria's socialized agriculture.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The original economic driver for its existence is gone, and the land has been repurposed. Restoring the site would require significant investment to re-establish the runway and infrastructure. Given the lack of commercial or private aviation demand in the immediate rural area and the proximity of other small airfields, there is no economic or strategic justification for its revival. Its reopening is considered highly improbable.