Canlubang Airstrip

The closure was driven by economic reasons, specifically land-use conversion. The airstrip was located on a portion of the vast Canlubang Sugar Estate. As the region's economy shifted from agriculture to industry, the owners, the Yulo family, redeveloped the land into the Carmelray Industrial Park 1, which was established in 1990. The value of the land for industrial development far surpassed its utility as a private airstrip, leading to its eventual absorption into the industrial park.

The site of the former airstrip is now completely redeveloped and unrecognizable as an airfield. It is fully integrated into the Carmelray Industrial Park 1 in Calamba, Laguna. The former runway's path has been paved over and is now a main road within the industrial park, aptly named 'Canlubang Airstrip Road'. The surrounding area, once part of the runway's footprint and buffer zones, is now occupied by numerous factories, warehouses, and other industrial facilities.

Canlubang Airstrip was a private airfield owned and operated by the Yulo family, proprietors of the Canlubang Sugar Estate. It was not a public or commercial airport. Its primary function was to serve the corporate and private transportation needs of the Yulo family and their business interests, handling their fleet of private aircraft, which included small jets and propeller planes. The airstrip was a symbol of the self-contained and influential nature of the Canlubang estate, which at its peak had its own housing, hospital, church, and golf courses. It primarily handled general aviation and private corporate flights.

There are zero plans or prospects for reopening the Canlubang Airstrip. The land has been permanently and densely redeveloped for high-value industrial use. Re-establishing an airport on the site would require the demolition of a significant portion of an active and established industrial park, making it economically and logistically infeasible.