El Papalonal Airport
Airport
MNPP
Location of the airport in Nicaragua
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
|---|---|---|---|
| m | ft | ||
| 10/28 | 1,525 | 5,003 | Grass |
Sources: Google Maps[1]
El Papalonal Airport (ICAO: MNPP) is an airstrip serving the village of El Papalonal in León Department, Nicaragua[2]
In 1981, American intelligence officials discovered that the airstrip was used as a departure point for aircraft delivering weapons to El Salvadorian rebels.[3][4]
See also
Nicaragua portal
Aviation portal- List of airports in Nicaragua
- Transport in Nicaragua
References
- ^ Google Maps - El Papalonal
- ^ "Airport Information for El Papalonal, El Papalonal Airport". AeroInside. Rahm Information Services. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ Tai-Heng Cheng (2012). When International Law Works: Realistic Idealism After 9/11 and the Global Recession. Oxford University Press USA. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-0-19-537017-1.
- ^ Robert Kagan (1996). A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977-1990. The Free Press/Simon & Schuster. pp. 177–. ISBN 978-0-02-874057-7.
External links
- HERE Maps - El Papalonal
- OpenStreetMap - El Papalonal
- OurAirports - El Papalonal
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