Santa Cecilia Airstrip

The specific reason is not officially documented. The closure is most likely due to economic or operational factors. Private agricultural airstrips like this are typically built and maintained by large farms or agricultural businesses. They are often closed when the entity they serve no longer requires them, finds them uneconomical to maintain, changes its business model (e.g., outsourcing aerial application), or ceases operations entirely. There is no evidence to suggest the closure was due to a major accident, military conversion, or regulatory action.

As of the latest satellite imagery, the site remains an undeveloped dirt runway situated within active agricultural land. The outline of the ~1,200-meter (3,900-foot) runway is still clearly visible and relatively unobstructed. However, it shows no signs of active use, maintenance, or any aviation-related infrastructure such as hangars, fuel tanks, or markings. The site has not been repurposed for other uses and exists in a dormant, abandoned state.

Santa Cecilia Airstrip was a private, utilitarian airfield, not a public or commercial airport. Its significance was entirely local, primarily serving the agricultural industry in the Caborca municipality, a major farming region in Sonora. Operations would have consisted of agricultural aviation (crop dusting, fumigation, and seeding) and light general aviation for the private transport of farm owners, managers, or equipment. The airstrip was designed to handle small, single-engine aircraft capable of operating from a short, unpaved dirt runway, such as Air Tractor, Cessna Ag-series, or Piper Pawnee aircraft.

There are no known or published plans to reopen the Santa Cecilia Airstrip. As a small, private field, any prospect of reopening would be entirely dependent on a private commercial or agricultural entity developing a need for an airstrip at this specific location and investing in its restoration and certification. Given the existence of the larger, public Caborca International Airport (ICAO: MMCA) approximately 45 km to the southeast, the prospects for reopening this small, private strip are considered extremely low.