Junín Airport Explained
| Junín Airport |
| Nativename: | Spanish; Castilian: Aeropuerto de Junín |
| Iata: | JNI |
| Icao: | SAAJ |
| Type: | Closed |
| City-Served: | Junín, Argentina |
| Elevation-F: | 262 |
| Coordinates: | -34.5458°N -60.9306°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Argentina |
| Pushpin Label: | JNI |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Argentina |
| R1-Number: | Closed |
| Footnotes: | Sources: ORSNA,[1] WAD[2] Google Maps[3] |
Junín Airport (Spanish; Castilian: link=no|Aeropuerto de Junín) was a domestic airport serving Junín, a city in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. It is located 2km (01miles) 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
World gliding championship in 1963:http://www.volaravela.com.ar/mundial.htm?i=1
Accidents and incidents
- 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.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Aeropuerto de Junín. Junín Airport. Spanish. Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA). 20 March 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120310055727/http://www.orsna.gov.ar/aeropuertos/infoaeropuertos.aspx?cod_aero=18. 10 March 2012. dmy-all.
- Web site: usurped. Airport information for SAAJ. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SAAJ. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Web site: Junín Airport . Google Maps . 12 June 2019.
- Web site: Runway closed . Google Maps . 12 June 2019.
- Google Earth Historical Imagery (8/31/2009), (9/9/2013)
- Web site: Junin NDB . Our Airports . 12 June 2019.
- Web site: Junin VOR . Our Airports . 12 June 2019.
