Junín Airport
Junín Airport Aeropuerto de Junín | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Closed | ||||||||||
| Serves | Junín, Argentina | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 262 ft / 80 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°32′45″S 60°55′50″W / 34.54583°S 60.93056°W | ||||||||||
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  JNI Location of the airport in Argentina | |||||||||||
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Junín Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Junín) (IATA: JNI, ICAO: SAAJ) was a domestic airport serving Junín, a city in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. It is located 2 kilometres (1 mi) north of the city.[1]
Current aerial imagery shows the runway is marked closed.[4] Google Earth Historical Imagery (8/31/2009), (9/9/2013) show the closure was sometime after August 2009.[5]
The Junin VOR and non-directional beacon (Idents: NIN) are located on the field.[6][7]
Historical facts
[edit]World gliding championship in 1963: http://www.volaravela.com.ar/mundial.htm?i=1
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- 17 May 1948: A FAMA Viking 615, tail number LV-AFL, crashed on landing at the airport while performing a test flight, catching fire. There were no reported fatalities but the aircraft was written off.[8]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Aeropuerto de Junín" [Junín Airport]. Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ "Airport information for SAAJ". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. - ^ "Junín Airport". Google Maps. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ "Runway closed". Google Maps. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Google Earth Historical Imagery (8/31/2009), (9/9/2013)
- ^ "Junin NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ "Junin VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Accident description for LV-AFL at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 20 March 2012.
External links
[edit]- OpenStreetMap - Junín Airport closed
- Airport information for Junín Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- Accident history for JNI at Aviation Safety Network
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