Alexanderfeld Airstrip

Primarily economic reasons. The airstrip was part of the extensive Soviet infrastructure supporting collective farms (kolkhozes). With the collapse of the USSR, the state-sponsored agricultural system, including its aviation branch, was dismantled. The collective farms were dissolved, state funding ceased, and there was no longer an economic or logistical need for a dedicated local airstrip for crop-dusting and other agricultural tasks. The operational costs became unsustainable for the newly independent and economically struggling Moldova.

The site is abandoned and defunct as an aviation facility. Satellite imagery shows a clearly visible but unmaintained grass/dirt runway. The land is being used for agriculture, with surrounding fields encroaching on the former runway area. There are no remaining aviation-related buildings like hangars or terminals. The strip is essentially a large, flat track of land within a farming area, slowly being reclaimed by nature and agriculture.

Alexanderfeld Airstrip was a typical Soviet-era agricultural airfield. Its primary and vital role was to support the local collective farms in the Cahul District. Operations almost exclusively consisted of agricultural aviation, utilizing rugged aircraft like the Antonov An-2 'Kukuruznik'. These planes would take off from the unpaved strip to perform crop dusting, aerial seeding, and application of fertilizers and pesticides over the vast surrounding fields. This was a crucial component of the industrialized agricultural model of the Moldavian SSR. The airstrip was a small but important node in the local economic and agricultural infrastructure of its time, directly contributing to the region's crop yields.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Alexanderfeld Airstrip. The economic basis for its existence has disappeared. Modern agricultural practices in the region rely more on ground-based machinery or smaller, more efficient technologies like drones, eliminating the need for a fixed-wing aircraft facility. The land is likely privately owned, and significant investment would be required to restore it to any usable aviation standard, for which there is no current demand.