Prainha Airport

Abandonment due to economic reasons. This type of remote, unpaved airstrip is typically built to support a specific, localized enterprise like a gold mine ('garimpo'), logging operation, or a large farm ('fazenda'). Its closure was likely due to the cessation of the economic activity it served, making it no longer financially viable to maintain. The presence of the main, paved Apuí Airport (SWYN) for the municipality also made this smaller, more primitive strip redundant for general use.

The site is abandoned and has been reclaimed by nature. Satellite imagery confirms that the former dirt runway is completely overgrown with dense vegetation and is unrecognizable from the ground. The faint outline of the strip is still visible from the air, but it is entirely unusable for any aviation purposes. The surrounding land appears undeveloped.

The airport, more accurately a private landing strip ('pista de pouso'), held local logistical importance. Its primary role was to provide air access to a remote area of the Apuí municipality, likely bypassing difficult or non-existent road networks. It would have exclusively handled small, STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) capable general aviation aircraft, such as the Cessna 206, used to transport personnel, supplies, fuel, and high-value, low-weight cargo like gold. It was a typical example of the numerous private airstrips that support resource extraction and agricultural activities throughout the Amazon basin.

There are no known official plans or prospects for reopening Prainha Airport. The municipality is adequately served by the official Apuí Airport (ICAO: SWYN), which has superior facilities. Reopening this remote strip would require significant investment to clear the land and would only be justified by the emergence of a new, major private enterprise in its immediate vicinity, for which there are no current indications.