Santa Christine Airport

The airport was privately owned and operated. The closure was almost certainly for economic reasons, likely linked to the changing needs or cessation of the business it served. Airstrips of this nature in rural Mexico are often tied to specific commercial enterprises like large-scale mining, agriculture, or ranching. When the parent company no longer requires or can afford to maintain an air facility, it is abandoned. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a major accident or for military conversion.

The airport is completely abandoned and in a state of disrepair. The asphalt runway is still clearly visible from satellite view but is severely cracked, weathered, and being reclaimed by vegetation. The site is not used for any aviation activities. It appears to be used informally by locals as a makeshift road for vehicles to access the surrounding rural land.

Santa Christine Airport (also known as Aeródromo de Progreso) was a private airstrip serving local commercial interests rather than the general public. Located in a region known for coal mining, its primary function was likely to facilitate business operations for a specific company, transporting personnel, high-value parts, and executives. With a runway length of approximately 1,500 meters (4,900 feet), it could accommodate a range of general aviation aircraft, from single-engine planes to light business jets. Its historical significance is therefore not as a public transport hub, but as a piece of private infrastructure supporting the local economy of Progreso.

There are no known or published plans to reopen or redevelop the Santa Christine Airport. The significant cost required to resurface the runway and restore any support infrastructure, combined with its original private-purpose design, makes a future reopening highly improbable unless a new, major commercial enterprise establishes a need for a private air facility in the immediate vicinity.