El Papalonal Airport Explained

El Papalonal Airport
Icao:MNPP
Type:Public
City-Served:El Papalonal
Elevation-F:141
Coordinates:12.4708°N -86.4736°W
Pushpin Map:Nicaragua
Pushpin Label:MNPP
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in Nicaragua
R1-Number:10/28
R1-Length-M:1525
R1-Surface:Grass
Metric-Rwy:y
Footnotes:Sources: Google Maps[1]

El Papalonal Airport 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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/@12.4698263,-86.4729417,2049m/data=!3m1!1e3 Google Maps - El Papalonal
  2. Web site: Airport Information for El Papalonal, El Papalonal Airport. AeroInside. 15 April 2016. Rahm Information Services.
  3. Book: Tai-Heng Cheng. When International Law Works: Realistic Idealism After 9/11 and the Global Recession. 2012. Oxford University Press USA. 978-0-19-537017-1. 171–.
  4. Book: Robert Kagan. A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977-1990. 1996. The Free Press/Simon & Schuster. 978-0-02-874057-7. 177–.