Cimento Poty Airport

Economic and operational changes following a corporate acquisition. The airfield was a private facility built and operated for the Cimento Poty factory, then owned by Votorantim Cimentos. In 2017, as part of an antitrust settlement, Votorantim sold the Caaporá plant to a consortium formed by Buzzi Unicem (Cimento Nacional) and Grupo Ricardo Brennand. The new ownership likely deemed the private airfield an unnecessary operational expense and ceased its maintenance and use.

The airport is abandoned and completely unusable. The physical runway is still visible in satellite imagery, but it is in a severe state of disrepair, with significant cracking, erosion, and extensive vegetation overgrowth. The site remains part of the larger industrial property of the cement plant, which continues to operate under new ownership, but the airfield itself is defunct and has been left to decay.

The airport was a private corporate airfield ('aeródromo privado') whose sole purpose was to serve the logistical needs of the Cimento Poty cement factory. Its significance was strategic for the Votorantim group, allowing for rapid transportation of executives, key personnel, technicians, and urgent light cargo directly to the industrial site, bypassing the need for the 1-2 hour drive from the nearest major airports in João Pessoa (JPA) or Recife (REC). It handled general aviation aircraft, including single-engine, light twin-engine, and small turboprop aircraft.

None. There are no known plans, discussions, or prospects for the reopening of this airfield. As a private facility whose original purpose is no longer relevant to the current owners, and given the significant cost required to restore the runway and facilities, it is expected to remain permanently closed.