Fazenda Palma Airport

Pelotas, BR 🇧🇷 Closed Airport

ICAO

BR-2097

IATA

-

Elevation

39 ft

Region

BR-RS

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Airport Information

GPS Code: Not available

Local Code: Not available

Location: -31.654005° N, -52.206622° E

Continent: SA

Type: Closed Airport

Keywords: SSPP

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Designation Length Width Surface Status
7/25 3281 ft 98 ft GRS Active

Airport Closure Information

Last updated: Jul 24, 2025
Closure Date

The exact date is not officially documented. However, analysis of historical satellite imagery indicates the airport ceased operations and fell into disuse sometime between 2009 and 2012. Imagery from 2009 shows a relatively clear runway, while by 2012, it is visibly overgrown and unmaintained.

Reason for Closure

There is no official public record stating the reason for closure. Given its nature as a private farm airstrip ('Fazenda' means farm or ranch in Portuguese), the closure was almost certainly due to private operational or economic reasons. Common causes for such closures include the sale of the property, the farm owner ceasing to operate a private aircraft, or a shift to using commercial aerial services operating from a larger nearby airport.

Current Status

The airport is permanently closed and defunct. The site of the former runway is now completely overgrown with vegetation and is indistinguishable from the surrounding farmland. The land has been reclaimed by nature and for agricultural use. There are no remaining aviation infrastructures, and the area is part of the private farm property.

Historical Significance

Fazenda Palma Airport was a private airstrip with local, not national, significance. Its primary purpose was to support the agricultural and general aviation needs of the Fazenda Palma. Operations would have consisted of small, single-engine aircraft for personal transportation and likely agricultural aviation (ag-aviation), such as crop dusting or field surveying. It was never a public airport, did not handle commercial passenger traffic, and was not part of Brazil's official public airport network.

Reopening Prospects

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Fazenda Palma Airport. Its status as a small, private airstrip that has been abandoned for over a decade, combined with the proximity of the fully operational Pelotas International Airport (IATA: PET, ICAO: SBPK), makes any future investment in or reopening of this site for aviation purposes extremely unlikely.

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Distances are approximate and calculated as straight-line distances.

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