Amambaí Airport

The airport was closed voluntarily following a formal request from its private owner. The official ANAC ordinance states the cancellation was 'em razão de solicitação do proprietário' (due to a request from the owner). This indicates the closure was not forced by regulatory action, an accident, or military conversion, but was a private decision likely based on economic factors or plans to use the land for other purposes.

The site of the former airport is abandoned. Satellite imagery of the location confirms the runway is still visible but is in a state of disrepair, overgrown with vegetation, and clearly not in use for aviation. The land has not been redeveloped and remains a disused airstrip in a rural setting just outside the city of Amambaí.

Amambaí Airport (SSAM) was a private aerodrome that primarily served the needs of general and agricultural aviation in the Amambaí region, a major center for agribusiness in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. It never handled scheduled commercial passenger services. Its operations were vital for local farm owners, business operators, and for agricultural aircraft (crop dusters). The airport featured a single unpaved (dirt/grass) runway approximately 1000 meters long, suitable for small to medium-sized propeller aircraft. Its existence provided crucial air connectivity for a relatively remote but economically important agricultural area.

There are no plans to reopen the original private airport. However, there is a well-advanced public project to construct a new municipal airport for Amambaí at a different location. Since 2021, local and state officials have been actively pursuing funding and approvals for this new facility. In 2023, the government of Mato Grosso do Sul authorized the bidding process for the engineering project of the new airport, which is planned to feature a paved runway, taxiway, and a passenger terminal to support regional economic growth and potentially attract future air services.