San José de Raíces Airport

The closure was almost certainly due to economic reasons and a lack of demand. As a small, rural aerodrome, its operational and maintenance costs likely outweighed its utility. There is no evidence to suggest it was closed due to a specific accident, military conversion, or government mandate. The gradual decay visible in satellite imagery is characteristic of abandonment due to economic non-viability.

The airport is permanently closed and completely abandoned. The physical location of the former runway is still visible on satellite maps, but it is in a total state of disrepair. The dirt/gravel runway is heavily overgrown with shrubs and grass and is bisected by informal dirt tracks. The site is unusable for any aviation purposes and has been reclaimed by the surrounding natural landscape.

San José de Raíces was a small aerodrome (aeródromo), not a major commercial airport. Its primary function was to support general aviation in the rural municipality of Galeana. Operations likely included private flights for local landowners and businesses, agricultural aviation (such as crop dusting), and potentially air taxi services connecting the remote area to larger urban centers like Monterrey. It served as a basic air access point for the San José de Raíces community and surrounding agricultural lands.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the San José de Raíces Airport. Given its advanced state of decay, the significant investment required for rehabilitation, and the limited economic demand that led to its initial closure, it is highly improbable that it will ever be restored to operational status.