Monterrey, MX 🇲🇽 Closed Airport
MX-2512
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1560 ft
MX-NLE
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 25.736099° N, -100.224998° E
Continent: NA
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: MM21 MM21 MM21
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The airport was closed and demolished in the mid-1990s. While an exact date is not officially recorded, its closure was finalized to make way for the construction of the Finsa Industrial Park, with major development on the site beginning around 1995-1996.
The closure was due to economic and urban development reasons. The land, situated in the rapidly growing industrial hub of Apodaca within the Monterrey metropolitan area, became significantly more valuable for industrial manufacturing than for its use as a private airfield. The site was acquired and re-zoned for large-scale industrial use, leading to its demolition.
The site of the former airport is now completely occupied by a large industrial park. The most prominent facility built directly over the former runway and airport grounds is the Whirlpool Corporation's refrigerator manufacturing plant. The entire area is now part of the Finsa Industrial Park, hosting numerous other factories and warehouses. The only remaining public trace of the airport is the name of a main thoroughfare that runs through the park: 'Antiguo Camino al Aeropuerto La Encarnación' (Old Road to La Encarnacion Airport).
La Encarnacion Airport was a private airfield that primarily handled general aviation, including corporate jets, private aircraft, and air taxi services. Its significance lies in its role supporting the early industrial boom in Monterrey. It provided crucial and convenient air access for business executives and companies establishing operations in the Apodaca area before the nearby major airports (MMMY and MMAN) expanded to their current capacity. It was an essential piece of infrastructure for the initial phase of industrialization in that specific zone.
There are zero plans or prospects for reopening the airport. The land has been irreversibly redeveloped with permanent, large-scale industrial facilities. The Monterrey metropolitan area is comprehensively served by two modern airports: General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MMMY) for commercial and international flights, and Del Norte International Airport (MMAN) for general and executive aviation, making a new airport at this location both physically impossible and logistically unnecessary.