Olmos Airport

Economic obsolescence and improved infrastructure. The airport was a small airstrip primarily serving local needs. Its functions became redundant with the significant improvement of ground transportation via the nearby Pan-American Highway (Carretera Panamericana Norte). Aviation services for the region were consolidated at the larger, full-service Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones Gonzáles International Airport (IATA: CIX, ICAO: SPHI) in the regional capital of Chiclayo. The closure was not the result of a specific accident, incident, or military conversion.

The site is abandoned. High-resolution satellite imagery shows the paved runway, approximately 1.5 km (0.9 miles) in length, is still clearly visible but is in a complete state of disrepair. There are cracks, vegetation growth, and no signs of maintenance or any aviation-related activity. The land has not been formally repurposed, and the runway exists as a derelict strip within a landscape now dominated by the large-scale, modern agricultural fields of the Olmos Irrigation Project.

Olmos Airport was a local airstrip (aeródromo) with no major national significance. Its primary role was to support the regional agricultural economy of the Olmos district prior to the 21st-century irrigation projects. It handled general aviation and agricultural aircraft, which were crucial for crop dusting (fumigación aérea) and providing logistical support to local haciendas and agricultural enterprises. The airport never served scheduled commercial passenger or cargo flights and did not have an IATA code.

There are no known plans to reopen or refurbish the original Olmos Airport (PE-0050) site. However, due to the massive economic success and expansion of the Olmos Irrigation Project, which has turned the area into a major agro-export hub, there have been recurring proposals by regional authorities and business groups for the construction of a *new*, modern cargo airport in the Olmos district. The goal of such a project would be to facilitate the direct export of perishable goods like blueberries and avocados, bypassing the need to truck them to airports in Chiclayo or Lima. These plans focus on an entirely new facility, not the revival of the old airstrip.