Filipinas Airstrip

Economic reasons. Filipinas Airstrip was a private airfield, almost certainly built to service a large local agricultural enterprise or cattle ranch (a 'finca'), likely named 'Filipinas'. The closure is typical for such private strips and was likely caused by one or more of the following: the sale of the property, a change in the farm's ownership, a shift in agricultural methods (e.g., moving from aerial crop-dusting to ground-based or drone application), or the business ceasing operations, making the airstrip economically unviable to maintain. There is no evidence to suggest military conversion or closure due to a major accident.

The airstrip is abandoned and defunct. Recent satellite imagery confirms the runway is completely unserviceable, heavily overgrown with grass and shrubs, and is blending back into the surrounding landscape. The land appears to have reverted to pasture or fallow farmland. There are no remaining buildings, hangars, or any aviation infrastructure at the site. It is not usable for any aviation purposes.

The airstrip's significance was purely local and private. It served as a critical piece of infrastructure for a large agricultural operation in a relatively remote part of Panama's Veraguas province. When active, it would have handled small general aviation aircraft, such as the Air Tractor or Cessna Ag-series, for agricultural aviation (fumigation/crop dusting) and possibly light aircraft for transporting personnel, owners, or high-value supplies directly to the property. It represented a significant private investment to improve logistical efficiency for the farm it served.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Filipinas Airstrip. As a private facility, its revival would depend entirely on a new private owner having a specific and significant economic need to justify the substantial cost of clearing, regrading, and restoring the runway. Given its advanced state of decay and the availability of alternative transportation and agricultural methods, reopening is considered highly improbable.