| Emerald Coast Airport | |
| Nativename: | Aeropuerto de Costa Esmeralda |
| Iata: | ECI |
| Icao: | MNCE |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner-Oper: | Instituto Nicaragüense de Aeronáutica Civil, Grupo Pellas |
| City-Served: | Tola |
| Elevation-F: | 75 |
| Coordinates: | 11.4278°N -86.0333°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Nicaragua |
| Pushpin Label: | ECI |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Nicaragua |
| Metric-Rwy: | yes |
| R1-Number: | 03/21 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1525 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Source: GCM Google Maps[1] SkyVector[2] |
Emerald Coast Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Costa Esmeralda) is an international airport west of Tola, a town in the Rivas Department of Nicaragua. The airport was opened on November 15, 2015, at a cost of almost US$13 million.[3]
The airport is in the countryside 3km (02miles) inland from the Pacific coast. There are large hills just north and east of the airport. The runway is aligned with the valley between them. Now the airport operates commercial flights from Costa Rica and Managua but they also get an important number of charters and private flights from all around the world. It is the second busiest airport in Nicaragua
This airport has a Control Tower, Rescue Services, Customs, Shops, Rental Cars, etc. The airport is covered by the Managua VOR-DME (Ident: MGA) and (non-directional beacon) (Ident: YNP) both are located 43.2nmi north of the airport.[4] [5]