El Nopal Airport

No official reason for the closure has been published. Given its characteristics as a small, private, unpaved airstrip in a rural area, the closure was almost certainly due to economic factors or a change in operational need. Common reasons for such closures include the cessation of the agricultural or business operations it supported (e.g., crop dusting), a change in property ownership, or the owner no longer having a need or the funds to maintain it for private aviation.

The site is abandoned as an aviation facility. Satellite imagery confirms the physical dirt runway (approximately 1,200 meters / 3,900 feet) still exists. However, it is in a state of disrepair, unmaintained, and partially overgrown with vegetation. There are no significant airport buildings, hangars, or infrastructure on the site. The land appears to have reverted to agricultural use, with the former runway potentially being used for farm vehicle access.

El Nopal Airport held no major national or regional significance. It was a private-use airstrip, identified by the unofficial ICAO-style code MX-2386 used in some aviation databases. Its purpose was strictly utilitarian and local. Operations would have been limited to light general aviation aircraft, such as single-engine propeller planes. Its primary function was likely agricultural aviation (crop dusting) for the surrounding farms in the Valle de Zaragoza municipality, a significant agricultural region. It may also have been used for private transportation by the landowner or local business interests. It never handled commercial, scheduled, or military air traffic.

There are no known or published plans to reopen El Nopal Airport. As a privately owned airstrip, any potential for reopening would be entirely dependent on the initiative and investment of the current landowner. Given its state of disrepair and the lack of any apparent economic driver for its reactivation, the prospects for reopening are considered extremely low to non-existent.