Fazenda Modelo Airport

As a small, private airfield located on a farm ('fazenda'), the closure was almost certainly due to private economic reasons or a change in the farm's operational requirements. Common reasons for such closures in Brazil include a change in property ownership, the owner no longer being an active pilot, or the farm ceasing to use aircraft for agricultural spraying or transportation. The gradual decay visible in satellite imagery points towards abandonment rather than a singular event like an accident or regulatory action.

The site is currently abandoned. The physical location still shows the clear outline of a dirt or grass runway on satellite maps, but it is completely overgrown with vegetation and is no longer serviceable for aircraft. The land has effectively reverted to agricultural use, likely as pasture, consistent with the surrounding farm landscape.

The airport, identified by the local code BR-2061, was a private airstrip serving the 'Fazenda Modelo' (Model Farm). Its significance was entirely local, providing air access for a remote agricultural property. Operations would have been limited to general aviation, handling small, single-engine aircraft for private transport (for the owner, family, or business) and potentially agricultural aviation (crop dusting). It never served commercial, scheduled passenger flights and held no wider public or historical importance.

There are no known or published plans to reopen Fazenda Modelo Airport. Any prospect of reopening would be solely at the discretion and expense of the current landowner. This would require significant investment to clear the land, restore the runway surface, and complete the necessary registration and certification process with Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC). Given its prolonged state of abandonment, reopening is considered highly unlikely.