Cerros Prietos Airport

The airport was not a public or commercial facility but rather a private airstrip (aerodrome). The closure was not due to a specific event like an accident or military conversion. The most probable reason is abandonment due to economic factors or a lack of necessity by its private owner(s). This is common for small, rural airstrips that cease to be financially viable or useful for local agricultural or business operations.

The site is completely abandoned and has reverted to the natural desert landscape. Satellite imagery of the coordinates (27.198565, -104.978905) shows the faint, overgrown outline of a single dirt or gravel runway. The area is covered in scrub brush and crossed by faint vehicle tracks. There is no remaining infrastructure such as hangars, lighting, or buildings. The airstrip is unusable and for all practical purposes, no longer exists.

Cerros Prietos was a small, private airstrip and held no major historical significance in terms of commercial or military aviation. Its purpose was to serve local, private needs within the Jiménez municipality of Chihuahua. Operations would have been limited to general aviation, consisting of small, single-engine aircraft (like Cessna or Piper models) used for personal transportation to remote ranches (haciendas), agricultural activities such as crop dusting, or supporting local mining or business ventures. It did not handle scheduled passenger or cargo flights.

There are no known plans, discussions, or prospects for reopening the Cerros Prietos airstrip. Given its remote location, complete lack of infrastructure, and the likely private nature of its original function, it is considered permanently closed and abandoned. Any effort to reopen it would require a complete reconstruction from scratch by a private entity with a specific need for an airfield in that exact location, which is highly improbable.