Três Lagoas, BR 🇧🇷 Closed Airport
SSYU
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1440 ft
BR-MS
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Location: -19.830639° N, -52.585309° E
Continent: SA
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: SSYU Água Clara SJGT MS0166
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Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Status |
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16/34 |
2297 ft | 59 ft | GRE | Active |
The airport was officially and permanently closed on April 11, 2018. This was formalized by the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) through ordinance (Portaria) No. 1144/SIA, which cancelled the aerodrome's registration.
The closure was an administrative action initiated 'at the request of the interested party,' which was the owner of the farm (fazenda). This is a common reason for the closure of private, rural airstrips in Brazil. The owner may have sold the property, no longer had a need for an airstrip, or chose to avoid the costs, regulations, and liabilities associated with maintaining an officially registered aerodrome.
The site is no longer an active or recognizable airport. An analysis of recent satellite imagery at the coordinates (-19.830639, -52.585309) shows that the former runway area is overgrown and has been re-integrated into the surrounding agricultural land. The faint outline of the strip is still visible, but it is unmaintained and indistinguishable from the adjacent fields or pastures. The land is used for farming and/or cattle grazing.
Fazenda Três Pontes Airport was a private, rural airstrip with no major historical significance in a national context. Its importance was purely functional and localized to the agricultural enterprise it served. As a 'fazenda' airstrip, its operations were limited to general and agricultural aviation. It would have been used for:
- **Personnel Transport:** Flying owners, farm managers, veterinarians, and other key personnel to and from the remote rural location.
- **Light Cargo:** Transporting urgent supplies, spare parts for machinery, and other small goods.
- **Agricultural Aviation:** Potentially used for crop dusting, seeding, or aerial surveying of the farm's extensive lands.
The airport never handled commercial, scheduled, or public passenger flights. It consisted of a single, unpaved (dirt/grass) runway and minimal, if any, support infrastructure.
There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Fazenda Três Pontes Airport. Since its registration was officially cancelled by ANAC, it is legally no longer an aerodrome. Re-establishing it would require a completely new, complex, and costly certification process with the aviation authorities. Furthermore, the city of Três Lagoas is served by the public Plínio Alarcon Airport (IATA: TJL, ICAO: SBTG), which handles all regional air traffic needs. Therefore, there is no practical demand or economic incentive to reopen this small, private airstrip.
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