Abapó Airport

Economic factors and land repurposing. As a small, private-use airstrip, its operational costs likely outweighed its benefits for its owner or users. The land was subsequently converted to more profitable, large-scale agricultural use, which is a primary economic driver in the Santa Cruz Department. There is no evidence of closure due to a specific accident, military conversion, or replacement by a new facility.

The site of the former airport has been completely reclaimed and repurposed for agriculture. High-resolution satellite imagery shows that the area where the runway and any associated structures once stood is now occupied by large, circular crop fields that utilize center-pivot irrigation systems. All physical traces of the airport have been entirely erased.

Abapó Airport (BO-0020) was a small, local airstrip featuring a single unpaved, dirt/grass runway approximately 1,100 meters (3,600 feet) in length. Its purpose was to support the primary industries of the Abapó region, namely agriculture and potentially oil and gas exploration. Operations would have been limited to general aviation, including light single- and twin-engine propeller aircraft (e.g., Cessna, Piper models) for personnel transport, logistical support, and agricultural aviation (crop dusting). It never served commercial passenger airlines and its significance was purely local.

Effectively zero. There are no known plans, proposals, or discussions to reopen Abapó Airport. The complete physical destruction of the runway and the full integration of the land into a productive agricultural operation make any future reopening infeasible and cost-prohibitive.