Balayan (Magabe) Airfield

The closure was due to economic and land-use change reasons. As a private airstrip, its operational viability was tied to the needs of its owner, likely the local sugar industry. With improved road infrastructure and changing business needs, the airstrip became obsolete. The land was subsequently sold or repurposed for a more profitable venture, which was renewable energy.

The site of the former airfield is now fully occupied by the Solar Philippines Balayan Solar Farm, a major renewable energy facility. The entire area, including the former runway, is covered with thousands of photovoltaic solar panels. The land has been completely transformed from an aviation facility to a power generation plant. There are no remaining traces of the runway or any airfield infrastructure.

Balayan (Magabe) Airfield was a private airstrip, not a commercial or military airport. Its historical significance is tied to the sugar industry of Batangas. It was most likely owned and operated by the nearby Central Azucarera Don Pedro. Its operations would have included:
1. **Agricultural Aviation:** Used for crop dusting planes to spray the vast sugarcane plantations in the region.
2. **Corporate Transport:** Used by small, private aircraft to transport company executives, engineers, or VIPs to and from the sugar central, bypassing road travel from Manila.
3. **Logistics:** Potentially used for the urgent transport of critical spare parts for the sugar mill machinery.
It never handled scheduled commercial passenger or cargo flights and was not open to the public.

There are zero prospects for reopening the airfield. The complete and permanent conversion of the land into a large-scale, operational solar farm makes any return to aviation use impossible. The site is committed to long-term energy production.