La Centradita Airport

The closure was almost certainly due to economic factors and shifts in agricultural technology. As a private airstrip, its operation was dependent on the specific farm or agricultural cooperative it served. The likely reasons for its closure include the consolidation of farming operations, the original owner no longer requiring an airstrip, or the transition to more cost-effective methods like advanced ground-based sprayers or, more recently, agricultural drones. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a specific accident, environmental issue, or military conversion.

The airport is abandoned and non-operational. Current satellite imagery shows the clear outline of the former dirt runway, but it is heavily deteriorated and overgrown with vegetation. The strip is now used as an informal access road for vehicles servicing the surrounding, actively cultivated agricultural fields. No hangars, buildings, or other aviation infrastructure remain on the site.

La Centradita Airport was a classic example of a private agricultural airstrip ('aeropista agrícola'). Its sole purpose was to support the large-scale commercial farming operations in the surrounding Valle del Yaqui, one of Mexico's most important agricultural regions. Operations would have exclusively involved ag-aviation aircraft (crop dusters) for the aerial application of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. It was a utility airstrip, vital for the farm it served, but it never handled commercial passenger traffic, general aviation for the public, or scheduled cargo.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening La Centradita Airport. The economic and logistical case for reactivating a small, private dirt airstrip is virtually non-existent, especially with the availability of the much larger Ciudad Obregón International Airport (MMCN/CEN) nearby for any significant aviation needs and the increasing use of drones for precision agriculture.