SSV Semi 1 Helideck

The 'airport' was a helideck on a mobile offshore platform, not a land-based facility. The closure occurred because the semi-submersible accommodation vessel (flotel) it was on, the 'Safe Scandinavia' (locally designated as SSV Semi 1), completed its contract with the Mexican state-owned oil company, Pemex. After the contract ended, the vessel was moved out of Mexican waters, making its Mexican aviation registration (MX-1486) obsolete.

The site at coordinates 19.483611, -91.954722 is open sea in the Gulf of Mexico. The physical helideck and the vessel it was attached to are no longer there. The vessel, the 'Safe Scandinavia', was moved to a shipyard, underwent significant conversion to a Tender Support Vessel (TSV), and was renamed 'Prosafe Scandinavia'. It now operates for different clients in other parts of the world, primarily the North Sea.

The SSV Semi 1 Helideck was a critical transportation hub for the offshore oil and gas industry in the Bay of Campeche. Located on a large accommodation vessel, its primary operation was to facilitate helicopter transport for crew changes, medical evacuations, and the movement of essential personnel and light supplies. It connected hundreds of offshore workers living on the 'flotel' to the mainland base in Ciudad del Carmen and to other surrounding production platforms. The helideck was vital for the logistics and safety of Pemex's extensive operations in the region during the vessel's contract period.

There are zero prospects for reopening this specific helideck. The ICAO code MX-1486 was tied to a specific mobile asset that has permanently left the location and been repurposed. A new helideck could only be established at these coordinates if a new platform or vessel were moored there and registered with Mexican aviation authorities, but it would be considered a new facility with a new designation, not a reopening of MX-1486.