San Juan Aposento Airport

The airport was likely a private or clandestine airstrip that was abandoned. There are no official records of its operation or formal closure. Airstrips of this nature in Peru during that era were often closed due to the cessation of the specific activity they supported (e.g., a mining exploration project ending) or were abandoned following increased government efforts to control airspace and dismantle unauthorized runways used for illicit trafficking during the height of the internal conflict with the Shining Path.

The site is completely abandoned and derelict. Satellite imagery confirms the location contains the faint but clear outline of a single dirt runway, approximately 1,100 meters (3,600 feet) in length. The runway is severely weathered, eroded, and is being slowly reclaimed by the surrounding desert terrain. There are no remaining buildings, hangars, or any other supporting infrastructure on the site. It is completely unusable for aviation and is effectively just a scar on the landscape.

The airport, identified by the unofficial ICAO code PE-0046, holds no major historical significance in Peru's national aviation history. It was never a public or commercial airport. Its existence was likely tied to a specific, localized purpose. Operations would have been limited to small, single-engine, STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) aircraft, such as Cessna 206s or similar models, capable of using a basic, unpaved dirt runway. Its purpose was likely logistical support for mining prospecting, agricultural activities in the remote desert region, or, as was common for many unregistered airstrips in the area during the 1980s, for clandestine activities.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the San Juan Aposento airstrip. Its remote location, complete lack of infrastructure, and proximity to the larger, active, and far better-equipped San Juan de Marcona Airport (IATA: SJA, ICAO: SPJN), located approximately 15 kilometers to the southwest, make its reactivation economically and logistically unviable. It serves no current strategic or commercial purpose.