Fazenda Eldorado - Agropecuária Paleana S/A Airport

Bom Jesus Do Araguaia, BR 🇧🇷 Closed Airport

ICAO

BR-2137

IATA

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Elevation

1108 ft

Region

BR-MT

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GPS Code: Not available

Local Code: Not available

Location: -12.154167° N, -51.686943° E

Continent: SA

Type: Closed Airport

Keywords: SISB

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Designation Length Width Surface Status
1/19 2625 ft 66 ft ASP Active

Airport Closure Information

Last updated: Jul 24, 2025
Closure Date

The airport does not have an official, documented closure date as it was a private airstrip. Based on analysis of historical satellite imagery, the runway began showing signs of disuse and overgrowth around 2015-2017. By 2020, it appeared completely unmaintained and unusable. The closure was a gradual process of abandonment rather than a single event.

Reason for Closure

The closure was almost certainly due to economic or operational changes at the owning company, Agropecuária Paleana S/A. This is typical for private farm airstrips in Brazil. Potential reasons include: the sale of the farm, a shift in the company's logistics strategy (e.g., improved road access making air transport redundant), or the cost of maintaining the airstrip and an aircraft becoming unjustifiable. The gradual degradation of the runway suggests it simply fell out of use and was abandoned, rather than being closed due to a specific accident, regulatory action, or military conversion.

Current Status

The airport is permanently closed and abandoned. Current satellite imagery shows the former dirt runway is completely overgrown with grass and scrub, making it indistinguishable from the surrounding pastureland. There are no visible signs of aviation activity, such as aircraft, hangars, or ground markings. The land has effectively reverted to agricultural use as part of the fazenda.

Historical Significance

The airport held no major public or historical significance. It was a private utility airstrip built to serve the specific needs of the Fazenda Eldorado, a large agricultural and cattle ranching operation in a remote part of Mato Grosso. When active, it handled light, single-engine aircraft for general aviation. Its primary operations would have included: transporting the farm's owners, managers, and key personnel; flying in urgent supplies, medicine, or small equipment parts; and potentially supporting agricultural aviation (crop dusting). For the farm, it was a vital piece of infrastructure that provided rapid access to and from a remote region with limited ground transportation.

Reopening Prospects

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. As a private facility tied to the operational needs of a single farm, its revival would depend entirely on the landowner making a significant investment to clear, grade, and restore the runway. Given its complete state of disrepair and the likely shift in transportation logistics that led to its closure, a reopening is considered highly improbable.

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