Doña Flavia Airstrip

Economic reasons. The airstrip was privately owned and operated to serve the logistical needs of PICOP Resources, Inc., which was one of the largest integrated timber and paper manufacturers in Southeast Asia. As PICOP faced severe financial difficulties, labor disputes, and the non-renewal of its timber license agreement in the late 1990s and early 2000s, all non-essential assets, including its private airstrips, were abandoned. The airstrip's existence was solely dependent on the company's operations.

The airstrip is completely defunct and has been reclaimed by nature and agriculture. Satellite imagery of the coordinates (8.46837, 125.71063) clearly shows that the former runway area has been converted into an oil palm plantation. While the faint, straight-line outline of the former airstrip is still discernible from the air, it is heavily overgrown and entirely unusable for any form of aviation. There are no remaining airport facilities like hangars or terminals.

Doña Flavia Airstrip was a vital private logistical hub for PICOP Resources, Inc. It was not a public commercial airport. Its primary function was to transport company executives, engineers, VIP guests, and high-value, time-sensitive cargo (like critical machinery parts) between major cities (like Manila or Cebu) and the vast, remote logging concessions in San Luis, Agusan del Sur. The airstrip allowed key personnel to bypass the lengthy and often difficult overland travel required to reach the company's operational heartland in Mindanao. It primarily handled light general aviation aircraft, such as Cessnas and Pipers, capable of using a short, unpaved runway. The name 'Doña Flavia' is likely an honorific for a prominent female figure associated with the company's ownership, possibly the Ludo family, who were major stakeholders.

None. There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the Doña Flavia Airstrip. The economic driver for its existence (PICOP's large-scale logging and processing operations) is gone. Furthermore, the land has been fully repurposed for agricultural use (oil palm cultivation), which would make any potential restoration prohibitively expensive and logistically complex. The region is now served by larger, public airports like Bancasi Airport (BXU) in Butuan City for any air travel needs.