Agua Verde Airport

Ciudad Acuña, MX 🇲🇽 Closed Airport

ICAO

MX-1641

IATA

-

Elevation

1457 ft

Region

MX-COA

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Airport Information

GPS Code: Not available

Local Code: Not available

Location: 29.80098° N, -102.16746° E

Continent: NA

Type: Closed Airport

Terminal Information Not Available
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Airport Closure Information

Last updated: Jul 25, 2025
Closure Date

The exact date is not officially recorded, as is common for private airstrips. However, analysis of historical satellite imagery indicates the airport fell into disuse and became unmaintained sometime between 2010 and 2015. Imagery from 2010 shows a relatively clear and usable runway, while images from 2015 onwards show significant overgrowth and degradation.

Reason for Closure

The airport appears to have been abandoned rather than formally closed for a specific reason like an accident or military conversion. As a private airfield, the most probable reasons for its closure are economic or logistical. This could include the sale of the associated property (likely a ranch), the owner no longer having the financial means or the need to maintain a private aircraft and airstrip, or a change in the property's use. The closure was a gradual process of neglect and disuse.

Current Status

The site is completely abandoned. The physical runway is still visible from the air as a linear clearing, but it is overgrown with desert scrub and shows signs of erosion, rendering it unusable for any type of aircraft. There are no remaining structures such as hangars, terminals, or service buildings at the location. The land has effectively reverted to its natural state as undeveloped scrubland.

Historical Significance

Agua Verde Airport was a private, remote airstrip (aeródromo) with no record of public or commercial service. Its location, deep in the arid region of Coahuila and far from urban centers, strongly suggests it was built to serve a large private ranch or an exclusive hunting lodge. Its purpose was to provide direct air access for the property's owner, staff, and guests, bypassing long and difficult travel on unpaved roads. Operations would have been limited to small, general aviation aircraft, such as Cessna or Piper single-engine planes, capable of operating from a short, unpaved runway. Its historical significance is therefore limited to the private enterprise it once supported.

Reopening Prospects

There are no known or published plans to reopen Agua Verde Airport. Given its remote location, its historical status as a purely private facility, and the lack of any nearby economic or population drivers, the prospects for reopening are virtually non-existent. Any potential reactivation would depend entirely on a new private owner acquiring the land and investing significant capital to clear, regrade, and recertify the airstrip for a specific private need.

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