Nugent Airstrip

The specific reason for closure is unknown due to the lack of official documentation. For a remote, private airstrip in this region, closure is typically due to one or more of the following factors: abandonment after the cessation of the activity it supported (e.g., a missionary outpost, research station, logging camp, or illicit enterprise), economic non-viability, or becoming unusable after being reclaimed by the jungle due to a lack of maintenance.

The site appears to be completely defunct and has been reclaimed by the Amazon rainforest. High-resolution satellite imagery of the specified coordinates shows dense jungle canopy with no visible evidence of a runway, clearing, or any associated buildings or infrastructure. For all practical purposes, the airstrip no longer exists.

Nugent Airstrip has no recorded major historical significance. It was almost certainly a small, private-use airstrip, likely with a dirt or grass runway. Its purpose was to provide air access to an extremely isolated part of the Colombian Amazon, inaccessible by other means. Operations would have been limited to small, STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) capable aircraft, such as Cessna or Piper single-engine planes, serving a specific, localized need. Its absence from official Colombian aviation authority (Aeronáutica Civil de Colombia) records suggests it may have been an unofficial or clandestine field.

There are zero known plans or prospects for reopening this airstrip. Re-establishing a functional airfield at this location would require completely clearing the land, significant investment, and a new logistical or economic justification for its existence, none of which are apparent. The site is considered permanently abandoned.