San Francisco de Borja Airport

The closure was due to abandonment and economic reasons, not a specific event. As a remote, unpaved dirt airstrip, it required regular maintenance to remain safe from erosion and vegetation growth. The cost and effort of upkeep likely became unsustainable for the local community or any private entity responsible for it. Over time, desert weather, particularly flash floods, eroded and washed out the runway surface, rendering it unsafe and effectively closing it by attrition.

The site is an abandoned and derelict airstrip. Current satellite imagery clearly shows the outline of the dirt runway, but it is heavily eroded, washed out in multiple sections, and overgrown with desert scrub. It is completely unusable for any type of aircraft. The land has not been repurposed and simply remains as an abandoned piece of aviation infrastructure in the desert.

The airstrip's primary significance was its strategic location next to the historic Misión San Francisco de Borja, a remote Jesuit mission founded in 1762. When active, the airport provided vital air access for a small but dedicated group of users:

- **Tourism:** It allowed small private aircraft (a common mode of transport for 'Baja Bush Pilots') to bring tourists directly to the mission, bypassing the long and often difficult unpaved roads.
- **Local Support:** It served the tiny adjacent village of San Francisco de Borja and surrounding ranches, providing a link for supplies, medical evacuations, or personnel transport.
- **General Aviation:** It was a known destination and stopover point for recreational pilots exploring the rugged interior of the Baja California peninsula.

There are no known or published plans to reopen the San Francisco de Borja Airport. Reopening would require significant private or government investment to completely regrade, compact, and restore the runway surface. Given the airstrip's remote location, the very small community it serves, and the niche nature of its former tourist traffic, a publicly or privately funded reopening is considered highly unlikely in the foreseeable future.