Los Tobosos Airport

Jiménez, MX 🇲🇽 Closed Airport

ICAO

MX-2347

IATA

-

Elevation

4330 ft

Region

MX-CHH

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Airport Information

GPS Code: Not available

Local Code: Not available

Location: 27.03284° N, -104.33982° E

Continent: NA

Type: Closed Airport

Terminal Information Not Available
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Airport Information

Airport Closure Information

Last updated: Jul 26, 2025
Closure Date

Approximately between 2008 and 2012. Analysis of historical satellite imagery shows a clear, unobstructed runway in 2007, but by 2013, large industrial structures had been built directly on the eastern portion of the runway, indicating the airport was permanently closed during that timeframe.

Reason for Closure

Economic reasons, specifically land repurposing for industrial and agricultural development. The airport was a private airstrip, and the land was redeveloped to build a large agricultural processing facility. The closure was not due to military conversion, a specific accident, or regulatory action against the airport itself, but rather a change in land use by its owners or new owners.

Current Status

The site is now a large industrial complex. The former runway is partially obstructed and integrated into the facility's grounds. Satellite imagery shows large warehouses and processing buildings constructed directly on the eastern half of the runway. The remaining paved surface appears to be used as a service road and for open-air storage for the industrial plant, which, based on the region's economy and the facility's appearance, is likely a cotton gin (despepitadora de algodón) or a nut processing plant. The site is definitively no longer an active airfield.

Historical Significance

Los Tobosos Airport was a private general aviation airstrip. It was not a commercial airport and did not handle scheduled passenger flights, hence the lack of an IATA code. Its primary role was to support the region's significant agricultural and business activities. Operations would have included:
- Private transport for owners of local haciendas (ranches) and businesses.
- Agricultural aviation (crop dusting / fumigation).
- Business and charter flights related to the local economy, which is strong in agriculture (nuts, cotton, chiles) and mining.
The airport featured a single asphalt runway (approximately 1,200 meters / 3,940 feet) oriented roughly east-west.

Reopening Prospects

None. The prospect of reopening Los Tobosos Airport as an aviation facility is virtually zero. The significant and permanent industrial infrastructure built directly on the runway and surrounding taxi areas makes its conversion back to an airport financially and logistically unfeasible. It would require the complete demolition of the existing industrial plant.

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Los Novillos Airport
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~62 km away
Distances are approximate and calculated as straight-line distances.

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