Potrero del Llano Airport

No official reason for the closure is documented. Given its nature as a small, remote, unpaved airstrip, the closure was almost certainly due to economic reasons and lack of use. This typically happens when the private owner (e.g., a rancher or business) no longer has the need or financial resources to maintain and operate an airfield. There is no evidence of military conversion, land redevelopment, or a major accident leading to its closure.

The site is currently an abandoned airfield. Modern satellite imagery clearly shows the faint outline of the north-south dirt runway, but it is overgrown with desert scrub and is being reclaimed by the natural environment. There are no remaining buildings, hangars, or any other infrastructure on the site. The land is unused and appears completely deserted.

Potrero del Llano was a minor, private airfield with a single dirt runway. Its significance was strictly local, likely serving a large ranch or agricultural operation in the rural area southeast of Ojinaga. Operations would have been limited to small, single-engine general aviation aircraft (like Cessna or Piper models) capable of using unprepared landing strips. These aircraft would have been used for personal transportation, aerial surveying of land or livestock, or agricultural spraying. The airport never handled commercial, scheduled, or significant public air traffic. The identifier MX-2028 is an unofficial code used by some aviation databases for small airfields and is not an official ICAO designation.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Potrero del Llano Airport. The nearby city of Ojinaga is served by a small paved airport, Ojinaga Sur Airport, which better serves the region's limited aviation needs. The cost to clear, grade, and certify the abandoned strip for any use would be significant, making its reopening economically unfeasible and unnecessary.