Fazenda Sao Judas Tadeu

There is no officially documented reason for the closure. As a private airstrip serving a farm ('fazenda'), the most probable reasons are economic or logistical. This could include the sale of the property, a change in the farm's ownership or operational needs, the owner no longer operating an aircraft, or the high cost of maintenance and compliance with aviation regulations. It was not closed for military conversion or due to a major, publicly reported accident.

As of the most recent satellite imagery (2023-2024), the physical outline of the unpaved runway is still visible. However, it is significantly overgrown with vegetation and appears unmaintained and non-operational. While the land has not been fully converted to cropland, the airstrip is in an unusable condition for aviation. The surrounding land continues to be actively used for agriculture.

The airstrip had no major historical significance on a national or regional level. Its importance was purely private and logistical, providing direct air access to the 'Fazenda São Judas Tadeu,' a large agricultural property in a relatively remote area of Rondônia. Operations would have consisted of light, general aviation aircraft used for transporting personnel, high-value supplies, and visitors to and from the farm, bypassing undeveloped local road networks.

There are no known public plans or prospects for reopening the airstrip. Any such initiative would be entirely at the discretion of the current landowner and would depend on a renewed economic or operational need for private air access. Reopening would require substantial investment in clearing, grading, and restoring the runway, as well as obtaining the necessary registrations and approvals from Brazil's aviation authority, ANAC. Therefore, the prospect of reopening is considered highly unlikely.