El Papalonal Airport

El Papalonal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesEl Papalonal
Elevation AMSL141 ft / 43 m
Coordinates12°28′15″N 86°28′25″W / 12.47083°N 86.47361°W / 12.47083; -86.47361
Map
MNPP is located in Nicaragua
MNPP
MNPP
Location of the airport in Nicaragua
Map
Runways
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

References

  1. ^ Google Maps - El Papalonal
  2. ^ "Airport Information for El Papalonal, El Papalonal Airport". AeroInside. Rahm Information Services. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.


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