Maravillas Airport

The closure was not due to a singular event such as a major accident or military conversion. The most probable reason is economic and abandonment. Maravillas Airport was a small, private airstrip. Such airfields are often closed when the associated business (e.g., a ranch or agricultural operation) no longer requires it, when the owner can no longer afford the upkeep, or when the property changes hands. Its closure is characteristic of a private facility falling into disuse.

The site is inactive and abandoned as an airfield. Current satellite imagery clearly shows the ~4,900 ft (1,500 m) dirt runway, but it is unmaintained, partially overgrown, and shows no signs of recent aviation use. There are vehicle tracks on the runway, indicating it is likely used for ground access within the private property, but it is not suitable for aircraft. The surrounding area remains rural and agricultural.

Maravillas Airport held no major national or historical significance. It was a private-use dirt airstrip, likely built to serve the large ranch or agricultural lands on which it is situated. Its operations would have been limited to general aviation, primarily for the private transport of the property owners, personnel, guests, or for agricultural aviation purposes like crop dusting. It never served commercial, scheduled, or significant military air traffic.

There are no known or published plans to reopen Maravillas Airport. Given its remote location, private ownership, and the lack of any apparent economic driver that would require a functional airport in that specific spot, the prospects for it ever being reopened for aviation purposes are extremely low to non-existent.