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León Airport (Nicaragua)

Coordinates: 12°25′45″N 086°54′10″W / 12.42917°N 86.90278°W / 12.42917; -86.90278
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León Airport

Pista Aérea Fanor Urroz
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorInstituto Nicaragüense de Aeronáutica Civil
LocationLeón
Elevation AMSL328 ft / 100 m
Coordinates12°25′45″N 086°54′10″W / 12.42917°N 86.90278°W / 12.42917; -86.90278
Map
MNLN is located in Nicaragua
MNLN
MNLN
Location in Nicaragua
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 929 3,048 asphalt

León Airport (Spanish: Pista Aérea Fanor Urroz) (ICAO: MNLN) is an airfield located in León, Nicaragua.[1]

History

On December 1972, a few days after the Managua earthquake, the León Airport, also known as the Aeropuerto Godoy, was used for landing aircraft with supplies and aid for the earthquake victims.[2]

The airfield was attacked by the Sandinista guerrilla on April 27, 1979 during the final days of the insurrection against the Somoza regime.[3]

In the early 1980 the airstrip was used primarily by light aircraft for aerial fumigation. The airfield was renovated in 2010 by the Nicaraguan Civil Aeronautics Authority (INAC).[4][5]

References

  1. ^ MNLN - Airport
  2. ^ Historia de LaNica
  3. ^ Revolución popular Julio 1979
  4. ^ 30 Años de Revolución Aeronáutica
  5. ^ Aeródromos de Occidente mejoran su seguridad aérea


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