Acoje Airport

Economic reasons and natural disaster. The airport was a private airstrip exclusively serving the Acoje Mine, a major chromite producer. The mine's operations declined throughout the 1980s due to falling commodity prices and depleting high-grade ore reserves. The final blow was the catastrophic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991, which devastated the region's infrastructure with heavy ashfall and subsequent lahar (volcanic mudflows), making mining operations and use of the airstrip untenable. The airport was abandoned along with the mine.

The site is completely abandoned for aviation purposes. Satellite imagery of the coordinates shows a faint outline of the former unpaved/gravel runway. The land has been reclaimed by nature and agriculture. The strip is overgrown with grass and vegetation and appears to be used as a local access path or rough road for nearby farms and small residential clusters. There is no remaining aviation infrastructure such as hangars, terminals, or control towers.

The airport's significance was purely logistical and private. It served as a vital transportation link for the Acoje Mining Company, located in a relatively remote, mountainous area. When active, it handled light aircraft operations for transporting company executives, engineers, mail, payroll, emergency medical supplies, and facilitating medical evacuations. It was a critical piece of infrastructure that allowed the mine to operate efficiently before the local road network was fully developed.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Acoje Airport. Its original purpose—to serve a specific mining operation that no longer exists—is obsolete. The region is now served by larger, established airports like Subic Bay International Airport (SFSB). Given the lack of any economic or strategic driver, the site is expected to remain in its current state.