El Vallecillo Airport

No official reason has been published. The closure is characteristic of economic non-viability and subsequent abandonment, a common fate for small, privately-owned airstrips. The lack of maintenance suggests the owner(s) no longer had the need or financial resources to keep it operational. There is no public record of it being closed due to a specific accident, security incident, or military conversion.

The site is abandoned and in a derelict state. Satellite imagery confirms the dirt/gravel runway outline is still visible but is heavily weathered, eroded, and overgrown with scrub and vegetation, rendering it completely unusable for any type of aircraft. The land appears to have reverted to the surrounding natural landscape and is not being actively used for any other purpose. There is no significant infrastructure, such as hangars or terminal buildings, on the site.

El Vallecillo was a small, private airstrip with no scheduled commercial service (as indicated by the lack of an IATA code). Its significance was entirely local. Operations would have been limited to general aviation, serving the needs of the landowners or local businesses in a remote agricultural region. Its primary purpose was likely to support ranching or farming activities (e.g., crop dusting, transportation of personnel or supplies) and to provide private air access for light aircraft.

There are no known official plans or prospects for reopening El Vallecillo Airport. Given its advanced state of disrepair, remote location, the significant investment that would be required to restore the runway, and the apparent lack of any commercial or logistical demand, the prospect of it ever being reactivated as an airfield is extremely unlikely.