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I contacted the Comandante of the SMA airport this morning (22-APR-2013). Although the re-pavement work has been completed, the airport remains closed awaiting approval of the DGAC. They expect that this will take approximately another month to obtain.

The improvements that were made include extending the runway to 1,500 m (4,920 ft) and paving the taxiway and ramp area. However, the thickness of the asphalt is only 4 CM (1.6 inches) thick versus the 7 cm (2.8 inches) that was originally planned.

Celaya and Queretaro continue to be the other two options for going into SMA. There is still no AVGAS in Celaya, otherwise everything remains the same. In MMQT, there is AVGAS but unless you use the AirBusiness FBO, MMQT is not a particularly GA friendly airport.