Rancho La Nogalera Airport

Rancho La Nogalera Airport was closed as part of a strategic initiative by the Mexican Armed Forces, specifically the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA). The primary reason was to combat drug trafficking and organized crime. Private, remote airstrips like MX-0755 in states such as Durango, Sinaloa, and Chihuahua were frequently used by cartels for logistical operations, including the transport of narcotics, weapons, and personnel. The government's method for closure typically involves disabling the runway by digging deep trenches across it, placing large obstacles (boulders, mounds of earth), or using explosives to make it permanently unusable for aircraft landings and takeoffs.

The site is abandoned and the airport is defunct. Satellite imagery confirms the runway is no longer maintained and has been intentionally disabled. It is overgrown with vegetation, and evidence of trenches or berms dug across the runway surface is visible, consistent with military disabling tactics. The airstrip is completely unusable for any aviation purposes. The surrounding land continues to be used for agriculture as part of the ranch it once served.

The airport was a private-use airstrip, not intended for commercial or public operations. Its name, 'Rancho La Nogalera' (The Walnut Grove Ranch), indicates it was built to serve a large agricultural estate. Its operations would have been limited to general aviation, likely involving small propeller aircraft. The primary functions would have included:
- Transporting the ranch owners, staff, and guests.
- Facilitating the rapid delivery of supplies, equipment parts, or veterinary services to the remote location.
- Potentially used for crop-dusting or aerial surveillance of the ranch property.
Its significance was purely local and private, representative of the many agricultural airstrips built in rural Mexico during the 20th century to support large-scale farming and ranching operations in areas with limited road infrastructure.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Rancho La Nogalera Airport. Given that its closure was a deliberate act by the Mexican government for national security reasons, reopening it would require a reversal of that policy, which is extremely unlikely. The government continues to monitor and disable such airstrips, making the reactivation of MX-0755 virtually impossible.