Chihuahuita Airport

While no official reason has been published, the evidence strongly suggests the closure was for economic and land-use reasons. The airport was a small, private agricultural airstrip. The owner likely ceased aviation operations and repurposed the valuable, fertile land for farming, which is the primary industry in the Ahome region. This type of conversion is common for small, private-use airstrips when they are no longer economically viable or when agricultural operations are consolidated at larger, regional airfields.

The site has been completely and permanently converted back to agricultural land. The former runway and any associated structures have been removed. The area is now an active, cultivated farm field, indistinguishable from the surrounding landscape. There are no remaining traces of the airport infrastructure.

Chihuahuita Airport was a private agricultural airstrip ('aeródromo agrícola'). Its sole purpose was to support the local farming industry in the municipality of Ahome, a major agricultural hub in Sinaloa. Operations consisted exclusively of small, single-engine aircraft, such as Piper PA-25 Pawnees or Cessna Ag-Wagons, used for aerial application (crop dusting and fumigation). It played a role in the efficiency of local agriculture but had no commercial passenger, cargo, military, or general public aviation significance.

There are zero known plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land is privately owned and has been fully integrated into agricultural production. Re-establishing an airport at this location would require acquiring the farmland and constructing all infrastructure from scratch, which is highly improbable given the lack of demand and the existence of other active airfields in the region, such as Los Mochis International Airport (MMMM).