Alicante Airfield

Economic reasons and obsolescence. The airfield was a private facility, likely serving a local hacienda (sugar plantation). The high cost of maintaining a private aircraft and airstrip, combined with improved road infrastructure and the development of larger, more accessible regional airports, made its operation impractical. Its closure was a private decision and not the result of military conversion, a major accident, or government action.

The site is inactive and non-operational. Satellite imagery clearly shows the remnant of a single, unpaved (grass or dirt) runway surrounded by sugarcane fields. The runway is overgrown and unmaintained, with its path slowly being reclaimed by the surrounding agriculture. There are no visible hangars, terminal buildings, or any signs of current aviation activity. The land has effectively reverted to agricultural use.

Alicante Airfield, also known as Hacienda Alicante Airstrip, was a private airstrip primarily serving the agricultural and personal transportation needs of a large sugar plantation in Negros Occidental, a region historically known as the 'Sugar Bowl of the Philippines.' Its significance is local, representing an era when wealthy hacienda owners ('hacenderos') operated private aircraft for business, personal travel, and agricultural aviation (e.g., crop dusting). These airstrips were symbols of the economic power of the region's sugar industry during the mid-to-late 20th century, providing a vital link between remote plantations and major cities.

There are no known official plans or public prospects for reopening the airfield. Given its private ownership, small size, rudimentary condition, and the proximity of the modern Bacolod-Silay International Airport (ICAO: RPVB), there is no commercial or public incentive for its reactivation. Any potential reopening would be a private initiative by the landowner, which is considered highly unlikely.