Aurea Airport

The airport was a private airstrip, and its closure was due to private operational and economic reasons. As a non-public airfield, its operation was dependent on the owner of the property, believed to be Fazenda Aurea (Aurea Farm). Reasons for closure typically include a change in the farm's ownership, a shift in operational needs (e.g., discontinuing the use of agricultural aircraft or private planes for transport), or the costs of maintenance becoming prohibitive. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a specific accident, military conversion, or regulatory action.

The site is currently inactive and non-operational as an airport. The physical dirt/grass runway is still visible in satellite views, but it is unmaintained, overgrown with vegetation, and has vehicle tracks crossing it from adjacent farm activities. The land has been reintegrated into the surrounding agricultural property. The associated farm buildings remain, but there are no signs of aviation-related activity.

Aurea Airport had no major historical significance on a national or regional level. Its importance was entirely local and private. It functioned as a utility airstrip for a large agricultural estate in the heart of Brazil's coffee-growing region in Minas Gerais. Operations were limited to general aviation and agricultural aviation. This would have included small aircraft for transporting the farm's owners, managers, or guests, and potentially specialized aircraft for crop dusting and spraying over the vast plantations. It was never a commercial airport and did not serve the public.

There are no known public plans or prospects for reopening Aurea Airport. Any potential for reopening would be a private decision by the current landowner. Given the state of disrepair of the runway and the existence of other private airfields in the region, a reopening is considered highly unlikely unless the farm's owner develops a specific and compelling need for a private airstrip.