Santa Helena de Goiás Airport

Urban expansion and public infrastructure development. The land was strategically repurposed by the government to address a critical public need. The primary reason for the closure was to build the Hospital Estadual de Santa Helena de Goiás Dr. Albanir Faleiros Machado (HURSO), a major regional state hospital, on the site. This was deemed a higher and better use for the land, which was centrally located within the expanding city.

The site of the former airport has been completely redeveloped and is unrecognizable as an airfield. The land is now occupied by significant public infrastructure, most notably the large Hospital Estadual de Santa Helena de Goiás (HURSO). Additionally, a fire department station (15º Batalhão Bombeiro Militar), new residential streets, and other urban buildings have been constructed directly over the former runway and airport grounds.

The Santa Helena de Goiás Airport (BR-1957) was a general aviation airfield. It did not handle scheduled commercial passenger flights. Its primary significance was supporting the region's robust agribusiness economy. Operations included agricultural aviation (crop dusting), air taxi services connecting local business people and farm owners to larger cities, private flights, and medical transport. It served as an important logistical hub for the municipality before the full development of modern road infrastructure.

There are zero prospects for reopening the airport at its original location (BR-1957). The site is permanently occupied by a major hospital and other essential civic infrastructure. However, the city's aviation needs are now met by a new, different airport: the Aeródromo de Santa Helena de Goiás (ICAO: SWSH), located a few kilometers northeast of the old site. This new airfield continues to serve the general aviation and agribusiness needs of the region.