Sao Jose so Barreiro, BR 🇧🇷 Closed Airport
BR-1935
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919 ft
BR-RO
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Local Code: Not available
Location: -12.7363° N, -61.110199° E
Continent: SA
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: SB03 SB03 SB03
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Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
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16/34 |
3460 ft | 30 ft | ASP | Active |
The exact date of closure is not officially documented. As a private airstrip, it likely ceased operations gradually rather than on a specific date. Based on its unmaintained state in satellite imagery and the lack of official records, it is presumed to have been abandoned sometime in the 2000s or early 2010s.
The airport was a private airstrip (aeródromo) serving a farm, or 'fazenda'. The closure was almost certainly due to private reasons related to the farm's operations. Common reasons for such closures include a change in the farm's ownership, the owner no longer operating an aircraft, the high cost of runway maintenance, or simply a lack of need for private air access. There is no evidence of military conversion, a major accident, or broader public economic factors leading to its closure.
The physical runway is still visible in satellite imagery at the specified coordinates in the state of Rondônia (Note: The provided location of 'Sao Jose do Barreiro' is incorrect, as that municipality is in São Paulo, thousands of kilometers away). The runway is in a state of complete disrepair, heavily overgrown with vegetation and unusable for any aviation activity. The land has reverted to agricultural use and is part of the private farm property. The abandoned strip may be used as a farm track or is simply left fallow.
The airport, more accurately a private airstrip, held no major national or regional significance. Its importance was purely logistical and private. Named 'Fazenda São Sebastião', its purpose was to serve the agricultural property on which it was built. Operations would have been limited to general aviation, likely involving small, single-engine aircraft. These flights would have transported the farm's owner, personnel, and high-priority supplies to and from a remote location, bypassing potentially difficult or slow ground transportation common in rural Brazil. The ICAO code 'BR-1935' is a non-standard identifier used by some third-party aviation databases and not an official code assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization.
There are no known public plans or prospects for reopening this airstrip. As a private facility on private land, any decision to restore and reopen it would rest solely with the current landowner. Reopening would require significant private investment to clear, regrade, and potentially seek official registration with Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC). Given the lack of any apparent commercial or public need, the prospect of it reopening is considered extremely low.
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