Haciendó Acapulco Airstrip

While no official reason is documented, the closure was almost certainly due to economic factors. As a private airstrip for an agricultural estate (Hacienda), its closure likely resulted from a change in the hacienda's ownership, a shift in agricultural practices away from aerial application (crop dusting), or the determination that it was no longer cost-effective to maintain a private airfield.

The site of the former airstrip is completely abandoned and has been reclaimed by nature and surrounding agriculture. Satellite imagery shows the former 900-meter turf runway is entirely overgrown with vegetation and is being absorbed by the adjacent farmland. The land is effectively being used for agriculture, and no trace of aviation infrastructure like hangars, terminals, or markings remains.

The airstrip's significance was purely local and private. Named for the 'Hacienda Acapulco' it served, its primary function was to support large-scale agricultural operations in the Los Ríos Province, a major farming region in Ecuador. Operations would have consisted of light aircraft, primarily for aerial application (crop dusting/fumigation of crops like bananas) and potentially for light transport of personnel or high-value supplies to and from the remote estate. It was not a public airport and handled no commercial or scheduled passenger traffic.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Haciendó Acapulco Airstrip. Given its complete state of disrepair, the repurposing of the land for agriculture, and the economic factors that likely led to its initial closure, the possibility of it being restored for aviation use is considered nonexistent.