Resen Cropduster Strip

The closure was due to economic reasons. The Resen strip was part of a vast network of agricultural airfields operated by the state-run 'Agricultural Aviation' enterprise during Bulgaria's socialist era. Following the fall of communism in 1989, this state monopoly was dismantled, large collective farms were dissolved, and the land was privatized. This eliminated the centralized demand for large-scale aerial crop-dusting, making small, specialized airfields like this one economically unviable and obsolete.

The site is completely abandoned and derelict. Satellite imagery confirms that the former grass runway is overgrown and has reverted to an open field, indistinguishable from the surrounding farmland. There are no visible signs of aviation infrastructure remaining. The land is likely privately owned and used for local agricultural activities such as farming or grazing.

The airfield's significance was purely functional and local, serving the agricultural needs of the Veliko Tarnovo region. As a 'Selskostopansko letishte' (Селскостопанско летище - Agricultural Airfield), its primary and sole purpose was to support crop dusting, fertilization, and pest control operations. It would have typically hosted robust, short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) aircraft common in the Eastern Bloc, such as the Antonov An-2. It was a small but important cog in the machinery of Bulgaria's centralized agricultural economy before 1989.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Resen Cropduster Strip. The economic model that sustained it no longer exists in Bulgaria. The land has been repurposed for agriculture, and significant investment would be required to restore it for aviation, for which there is no apparent demand. The airfield is considered permanently closed and exists only as a remnant of a past era.