El Rosarito Airport

Economic obsolescence and redundancy. The airport was a small, unpaved airstrip suitable only for light general aviation aircraft. The construction of the nearby Loreto International Airport (LTO/MMLT) by FONATUR (Mexico's National Fund for Tourism Development) as part of a major tourism initiative provided a modern, paved runway capable of handling commercial jets. This new airport rendered the primitive El Rosarito strip unnecessary for accessing the region.

The site is completely abandoned. Satellite imagery shows a clearly defined but unmaintained dirt runway that is slowly being reclaimed by the surrounding desert vegetation. There are no buildings, hangars, or any signs of current aviation or other activity at the location. The runway is unusable in its present condition.

El Rosarito Airport served as a basic but vital link for a remote region of Baja California Sur before modern infrastructure was developed. Its primary role was to support general aviation, providing access for private pilots, local ranchers, and potentially serving the nearby historic Misión de San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó. It represents the early era of aviation in the area, which relied on small, rudimentary landing strips to connect isolated communities before the tourism boom of the 1970s.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening El Rosarito Airport. Its proximity to the fully operational and far superior Loreto International Airport, combined with its remote location and primitive state, makes any future investment for its reopening economically and logistically unviable.