El Chaparral Airport

While there is no official statement, the closure was almost certainly due to private economic reasons. As a small, private airstrip likely associated with a ranch (a common use for the name 'El Chaparral' in Mexico), it was probably shut down when it was no longer financially viable, the property changed ownership, or the owner's need for an airfield ceased. It was not a public airport, so its closure would not have been a public event.

The airport is completely abandoned and defunct. The site, as seen in recent satellite imagery, consists of a single, faint runway outline that is heavily overgrown with vegetation and is being reclaimed by the surrounding farmland. There are no visible hangars, terminals, or any other airport infrastructure remaining. The land is effectively unused agricultural terrain.

El Chaparral Airport was a private general aviation airfield. Its significance was purely local, serving the transportation and/or agricultural needs of its owner. It was not a commercial airport and did not handle scheduled passenger or cargo flights. Operations would have been limited to light aircraft, such as single or twin-engine propeller planes, used for personal travel or agricultural activities like crop dusting. It supported the private business or ranching operations on the property where it was located.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening El Chaparral Airport. Given its complete state of disrepair, the cost required to restore it, and the fact that the city of Matamoros is adequately served by General Servando Canales International Airport (IATA: MAM, ICAO: MMMA), the likelihood of this private strip ever being reactivated is virtually zero.