Santo Antônio do Amparo Airport

The airport, officially registered as Aeródromo Fazenda Santa Inês (with the official ICAO designator SNZT, not BR-1942 which is an unofficial database code), was a private airfield. Its closure was due to the cessation of private operations by its owner. This is a common fate for small, private airstrips and is typically driven by economic factors, such as the high cost of maintenance, the owner no longer needing or operating an aircraft, or the inability to meet evolving regulatory and safety standards set by ANAC for registration.

As of the latest satellite imagery, the site is abandoned for aviation purposes. The former grass/dirt runway is still visible as a faint outline but is heavily overgrown and unmaintained, blending back into the surrounding landscape. The land has reverted to agricultural use, likely as pasture for livestock. There are no remaining aviation facilities, and the site is inaccessible as a functioning airstrip.

The airfield had no major historical significance in terms of public or commercial aviation. Its importance was strictly private and local. It was built to serve the needs of the 'Fazenda Santa Inês' (Santa Inês Farm) and potentially other local agricultural businesses. Operations were limited to general aviation, handling small, single-engine propeller aircraft used for personal transportation for the farm's owners/managers and possibly for agricultural aviation (crop dusting). It never hosted scheduled commercial flights or had public terminal facilities.

There are no known or published plans, either by private entities or government bodies, to reopen the Santo Antônio do Amparo Airport (Aeródromo Fazenda Santa Inês). Re-establishing the airfield would require a significant private investment from the landowner to restore the runway, meet all current ANAC safety and registration requirements, and demonstrate a need for its use. Given its private nature and the lack of any public discussion, the prospect of it reopening is considered extremely low.