Alto Garças Airport

The airport was a private aerodrome ('Aeródromo Privado'). The closure and subsequent deletion from the official registry were due to private operational and regulatory reasons. This typically occurs when the owner no longer has a need for the airstrip, finds the costs of maintenance and regulatory compliance prohibitive, or fails to meet the required standards for continued registration with ANAC. The closure was not the result of military conversion, a major accident, or public policy.

The site is inactive and not used for aviation. Satellite imagery from recent years shows the physical dirt/grass runway is still visible but appears unmaintained and overgrown in places. The land has effectively reverted to agricultural support use, with vehicle tracks indicating it may be used as a simple access road for the surrounding farmland. No airport infrastructure, such as hangars or terminals, appears to be in active use.

Historically known as Aeródromo de Alto Garças or sometimes associated with a local farm (Fazenda), this was a small, private airstrip. Its primary function was to support the region's dominant agribusiness sector. Operations were limited to general aviation, including small private planes for the owner and associates, and agricultural aircraft (crop dusters) vital for farming in Mato Grosso. It may have also been used intermittently by air taxi services. Its significance was purely local, providing crucial air access for a remote agricultural enterprise, not for public or commercial passenger transport.

There are no known public or private plans to reopen the airport. Since it was a private facility that has been officially struck from the national aviation registry, reopening would require a private entity to initiate an entirely new, complex, and expensive registration process with ANAC. This would involve proving the airstrip meets all current safety and operational standards. Given the private nature of its original purpose, the prospects for its reopening are considered extremely low to non-existent.