Trojes Airport

The airport was closed due to the cessation of the military and paramilitary operations it was built to support. Trojes Airport was a clandestine airstrip, primarily used during the 1980s as a logistical hub for the Nicaraguan Contras, who were fighting the Sandinista government. These operations were covertly supported by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). With the end of the conflict and the demobilization of the Contras in 1990, the strategic need for the airstrip vanished, and it was abandoned.

The airport is permanently closed and defunct. Satellite imagery of the coordinates shows a clearly defined but completely overgrown former runway. The site is being reclaimed by nature and local development. A local road now cuts across the western end of the strip, and agricultural plots and some small buildings have encroached upon the former runway area. It is completely unusable for aviation and is not maintained in any capacity.

Trojes Airport holds significant historical importance as a key piece of infrastructure in the Cold War proxy conflict in Central America. Located just a few kilometers from the Nicaraguan border, it served as a vital supply point for the 'Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense' (FDN), the largest Contra group. The unpaved runway was used by various aircraft, likely including C-47s, C-123 Providers, and smaller STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) planes, to fly in weapons, ammunition, food, and medical supplies. It was also used to evacuate wounded fighters. The operations were part of a large-scale, clandestine effort to destabilize the Sandinista government, making the airstrip a direct physical manifestation of US foreign policy in the region during that era.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Trojes Airport. Given its clandestine origins, its current state of disrepair and encroachment, and the lack of a modern economic or strategic need for an airfield at this specific location, its reopening is highly improbable. It is considered a relic of the Cold War and is likely to remain abandoned.