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]