Rancho Los Lamentos Airport

No official reason for the closure has been published. As a private airstrip serving a ranch ('Rancho'), the closure was almost certainly due to private logistical or economic factors. Probable reasons include the sale of the property to new owners who did not require an airstrip, the original owner ceasing aviation activities, or the maintenance costs becoming prohibitive. The closure was not due to military conversion or a major publicly reported incident.

The physical runway is still visible in satellite imagery as a long, cleared dirt/gravel strip. However, it is completely unmaintained and in a state of severe degradation, making it unsafe and unusable for any aircraft operations. The surface is unmarked, eroded, and covered with tracks from farm vehicles, indicating it is now used simply as a track for ground access across the ranch property. The site has effectively reverted to agricultural land use.

Rancho Los Lamentos Airport was a private airstrip, or 'aeropista', whose significance was entirely local, providing air access to the remote 'Rancho Los Lamentos' in the municipality of Ascensión, Chihuahua. Its primary function was to support the ranch's agricultural and logistical operations. When active, it would have handled general aviation traffic, including light single and twin-engine aircraft. These operations facilitated the transport of ranch owners, staff, guests, and essential supplies to a region with limited ground infrastructure. It may have also supported agricultural aviation activities like crop surveying.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Rancho Los Lamentos Airport. The decision to restore and reopen the airstrip would be solely at the discretion and expense of the current private landowner. Given the significant cost required to bring the runway back to a safe, operational standard and the lack of any apparent commercial or public demand, the likelihood of it being reopened is extremely low.