Ocampo Airport

No official reason for the closure has been published. Given its nature as a small, remote dirt strip with no supporting infrastructure, the most probable cause is economic abandonment. Such airstrips are often built and maintained for specific private or commercial purposes (e.g., supporting a large ranch, agricultural operation, or mining exploration). The closure likely occurred because the entity that required it either ceased operations, no longer had a need for air access, or was no longer willing to fund its maintenance.

The site is completely abandoned and unusable for aviation. Current satellite imagery shows the faint, overgrown outline of the former dirt runway in the middle of the Chihuahuan Desert. The surface is covered with scrub brush and is no longer maintained. There are no visible buildings, hangars, or any other aviation-related infrastructure remaining on the site. The land has effectively reverted to its natural desert state.

The airport, more accurately a basic airstrip or aerodrome, held only local significance. It provided air access to a very remote and sparsely populated area of the Ocampo municipality in Coahuila. Its operations would have been limited to general aviation, serving light, single-engine aircraft (such as Cessna or Piper models). Its primary function was likely private transportation for local landowners, business operations, agricultural purposes, or potentially for government or medical emergency access to an otherwise isolated region. It never handled scheduled commercial flights or significant air traffic.

There are no known or published plans to rehabilitate or reopen Ocampo Airport. Due to its extreme remoteness, the lack of a clear economic driver for air traffic in the immediate vicinity, and the probable high cost of restoration and maintenance, any prospect for reopening is considered highly unlikely in the foreseeable future.