Fazenda Santa Rita Airport

As a private airstrip, there is no public record of the specific reason for closure. The most probable cause is a change in the operational or economic needs of the farm's owner. Common reasons for the closure of such private facilities include: the sale of the property, the owner no longer operating private aircraft, the high cost of maintenance, or a shift to using ground transportation or chartered air services from nearby public airports. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident, environmental concerns, or military conversion.

The site is currently an abandoned and unusable airstrip. The dirt runway remains visible on satellite imagery but is significantly overgrown with vegetation and shows signs of erosion. It has not been repurposed for other uses like farming or construction, but it is no longer in a safe or operational condition for any type of aircraft. The site has effectively reverted to being unused land within the farm's property.

The airport's significance was entirely private and local, serving the 'Fazenda Santa Rita' (Santa Rita Farm), a large agricultural property typical of the Mato Grosso region. Its operations were dedicated to supporting the farm's activities. This would have included handling light aircraft for agricultural aviation (such as crop dusting, seeding, and aerial surveillance) and providing private transportation for the farm's owners, managers, and essential supplies to and from the remote rural location. It never handled scheduled commercial passenger or cargo flights and was not open to the public.

There are no known public plans or prospects for reopening Fazenda Santa Rita Airport. Any potential reopening would be a private decision made by the current landowner. It would require a substantial investment to clear, regrade, and restore the runway to a safe condition, as well as obtaining the necessary registrations and approvals from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC). Given its current state of abandonment, a reopening is considered highly unlikely in the foreseeable future.