El Yarual Agricultural Airfield

The closure was due to economic reasons. The collapse of the Soviet Union ended the substantial subsidies, fuel supplies, and technical support that sustained Cuba's highly mechanized agriculture. This led to a nationwide grounding of much of the agricultural aviation fleet due to shortages of fuel, spare parts for the Soviet-made aircraft, and general funding. The state-run aviation company, Empresa Nacional de Servicios Aéreos (ENSA), which operated these airfields, was significantly downsized.

The airfield is abandoned and derelict. Satellite imagery confirms the presence of a single paved runway, which is now in a state of disrepair, with significant cracking and vegetation overgrowth. The associated support buildings and hangars appear abandoned and dilapidated. The site is completely inactive for aviation purposes and is unusable in its current condition.

El Yarual was a local agricultural support airfield. Its primary function was to support the extensive sugar cane plantations in the municipality of Bolivia, Ciego de Ávila province. During its operational years (roughly the 1960s through the early 1990s), it served as a base for crop-dusting aircraft, almost exclusively Antonov An-2 biplanes. These planes were essential for applying fertilizers and pesticides, playing a vital role in the productivity of the region's state-run farms. The airfield was a key piece of local infrastructure within Cuba's formerly Soviet-backed agricultural system.

There are no known official plans or prospects for reopening El Yarual Agricultural Airfield. The economic factors and the shift in agricultural practices that led to its closure have not been reversed. The Cuban government's focus is on other sectors, such as tourism, and there is no apparent demand or funding to restore a small, specialized airfield of this type. Reactivation is considered highly unlikely.