Madenorte Airport

The airport's closure was due to economic reasons directly linked to the decline of its owner and operator, the logging company Madenorte S.A. Indústria e Comércio. The company faced extensive legal challenges, fines, and operational suspensions from Brazilian environmental agencies (like IBAMA) for illegal deforestation and environmental crimes in the Amazon. As the company's logging operations in the Porto de Moz region were curtailed and eventually ceased, the private airport that supported them became obsolete and was abandoned.

The site is completely abandoned and in a state of decay. Satellite imagery shows the ~1200-meter dirt runway is heavily overgrown with grass and shrubs, making it unusable for any aviation purposes. The surrounding support structures, if any existed, are no longer visible or have been reclaimed by the forest. The area remains undeveloped, and the former airstrip is slowly being reclaimed by the Amazon rainforest.

Madenorte Airport was a private aerodrome that served as a critical logistical hub for one of the major timber companies operating in the state of Pará. Its primary function was to support the extensive logging operations of Madenorte S.A. in a remote and infrastructure-poor region of the Amazon rainforest. The airport handled small- to medium-sized general aviation aircraft, likely models such as the Cessna 206/208 or Pilatus PC-12, which transported personnel, technicians, spare parts, medical supplies, and other essential cargo between the company's remote logging camps and its base in Porto de Moz or other regional centers. The existence of the airport was instrumental to the company's ability to operate efficiently deep within the forest, far from navigable rivers or roads.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Madenorte Airport. As it was a private facility built for a specific industrial purpose by a company that is no longer active in the area, there is no economic driver for its restoration. Reopening would require significant investment to clear the runway, rebuild infrastructure, and secure new licensing from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC). Given its remote location and the absence of a new large-scale industrial or community need, its reopening is highly improbable.