Cortijo Grande

The closure was a direct result of economic failure. The airfield was built to serve the exclusive Cortijo Grande golf and residential resort. When the resort's development company faced severe financial difficulties and the ambitious project failed to sustain itself, the airfield became financially unviable. Its closure was part of the broader decline and partial abandonment of the original luxury resort concept, not due to a specific accident, safety concern, or military conversion.

The site is completely abandoned and in a state of dereliction. Satellite imagery clearly shows the former runway, but it is heavily overgrown with shrubs and grass. Parts of the land on and around the runway have been converted for agricultural use, with olive or citrus groves planted. The asphalt or tarmac surface is broken, weathered, and completely unsuitable for any type of aircraft. Any associated structures, like a hangar or clubhouse, are either gone or in ruins. The site is now essentially a strip of semi-abandoned agricultural land.

The Cortijo Grande airfield was a key feature of an ambitious luxury resort project started in the 1970s by British developer Paul Korda. Its purpose was to provide a 'fly-in' capability for wealthy property owners and visitors, primarily from the UK and Northern Europe. The airfield exclusively handled general aviation traffic, consisting of small, private propeller aircraft. It was a symbol of the exclusivity and luxury that the resort aimed to project, allowing residents to land their private planes just minutes from their villas and the golf course. It never served commercial or scheduled flights and was not part of Spain's main AENA airport network.

There are no known or credible plans to reopen the Cortijo Grande airfield. The cost to clear the land, relay the runway, and rebuild the necessary infrastructure would be substantial. Furthermore, the original economic driver—a thriving, high-end luxury resort—does not currently exist in its envisioned form. Without a significant and well-funded revitalization of the entire Cortijo Grande area, there is no economic case for reopening the airfield. It is considered permanently closed.