Eldorado, BR 🇧🇷 Closed Airport
BR-1180
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1102 ft
BR-MS
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Location: -23.657811° N, -54.176116° E
Continent: SA
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: SJIP MS0169
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The exact official closure date is not publicly documented. However, analysis of historical satellite imagery indicates the airport fell into disuse and was effectively closed sometime in the mid-to-late 2010s. By 2018, the runway shows significant signs of overgrowth and lack of maintenance, suggesting operations had ceased by then.
As a private airstrip serving a farm ('fazenda'), the closure was almost certainly for private economic or operational reasons. There is no public record of the specific cause. Common reasons for such closures include: the sale of the farm to a new owner who does not operate aircraft, the previous owner no longer owning or operating an aircraft, the cost of maintenance becoming prohibitive, or the airstrip no longer being essential for the farm's logistics. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident, environmental concerns, or military conversion.
The site is no longer an operational airport. The physical location of the former unpaved runway is still visible in satellite imagery, but it is heavily overgrown with vegetation and is blending back into the surrounding farmland. The land has reverted to agricultural use, likely as pasture or a fallow field. It is completely unsuitable for any aviation activity in its current state.
The airport held no national or regional public significance. Its purpose was entirely private, serving the agricultural and logistical needs of the Fazenda Laguna (Laguna Ranch/Farm). Operations would have been limited to general aviation and agricultural aviation. This likely included light, single-engine aircraft for transporting the owner, staff, or supplies, and agricultural aircraft (crop dusters) for spraying the farm's crops. Its primary role was to provide convenient air access to a relatively remote rural property, bypassing potentially difficult road conditions.
There are no known public plans or prospects for reopening Fazenda Laguna Airport. Any potential reopening would be a private initiative by the current landowner. Given the significant degradation of the runway surface and the likely high cost to clear, regrade, and certify it for use, reopening is considered highly unlikely unless the farm's owner has a renewed and compelling business case for private air access.
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