Veľké Kapušany Airstrip

The closure was due to economic reasons following major political changes. The airstrip was an agricultural airfield operated by the state-owned company Slov-Air during the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic era. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989 and the subsequent transition to a market economy, Slov-Air was dissolved and its assets were privatized or liquidated in the early 1990s. The state-subsidized model of large-scale agricultural aviation was no longer economically viable, leading to the widespread abandonment of its network of small, specialized airfields across the country, including this one.

The site is completely abandoned as an aviation facility. Satellite imagery clearly shows the faint outline of the former grass runway, which is now completely overgrown and has reverted to being a pasture or fallow field. It is indistinguishable from the surrounding agricultural land from the ground. There are no remaining aviation-specific buildings or infrastructure on the site. The land is currently used for agricultural purposes, consistent with the surrounding area.

Veľké Kapušany Airstrip was a key component of the agricultural infrastructure in the fertile Eastern Slovak Lowland (Východoslovenská nížina). Its sole purpose was to support the large, collectivized farms of the socialist era. Operations primarily consisted of agricultural aviation services such as crop dusting, aerial application of fertilizers and pesticides, and aerial seeding. The airfield would have typically hosted iconic agricultural aircraft of the Eastern Bloc, most notably the Zlín Z-37 Čmelák ('Bumblebee') and occasionally the larger Antonov An-2. Its historical significance is as a representative example of the infrastructure that supported the socialist agricultural system in Czechoslovakia.

There are no known plans or realistic prospects for reopening the Veľké Kapušany Airstrip. The economic model that supported its existence is obsolete. Modern agricultural practices often utilize GPS-guided ground machinery or smaller, more agile drones, reducing the need for traditional fixed-wing agricultural aircraft and their associated airfields. Given its remote location, lack of infrastructure, and the absence of any commercial or general aviation demand in the immediate vicinity, redevelopment for aviation purposes is highly improbable.