Las Barrancas North Airstrip

Economic reasons. The airstrip was privately owned and operated, primarily to support local agricultural activities. Its closure is most likely linked to the cessation of the specific farming operation it served, a shift in logistical needs, or the determination that maintaining an airstrip was no longer cost-effective compared to improving ground transportation.

The site is permanently closed and abandoned as an aviation facility. Satellite imagery confirms the runway outline is still visible but is unmaintained, deteriorated, and partially overgrown. The strip is frequently used as an access road for farm equipment and for the temporary storage of agricultural materials or vehicles. It is completely unsuitable for any aircraft operations.

Las Barrancas North was a small, private-use dirt airstrip. Its significance was purely functional and local, not historical in a broader sense. Its primary operations included:
- **Agricultural Aviation:** Serving as a base for crop-dusting aircraft (fumigación aérea) to service the surrounding large-scale farms in the Santo Domingo Valley.
- **Logistical Support:** Facilitating the rapid transport of personnel, high-value spare parts for farm machinery, and potentially business owners or managers to and from the remote agricultural site.
- **General Aviation:** Used by light, single-engine aircraft capable of operating from a short, unpaved runway. It was not designed for commercial passenger or heavy cargo traffic.

The identifier MX-1399 is an unofficial code used by third-party aviation databases and is not an official ICAO code, which for Mexico begins with 'MM'.

There are no known official plans or prospects for reopening Las Barrancas North Airstrip. Re-establishing it as a functional airfield would require significant private investment to clear, grade, and resurface the runway, as well as recertification from Mexico's Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC). Given the likely economic reasons for its original closure and its remote location, a future reopening is highly improbable.