León Airport | |
Nativename: | Fanor Urroz Airport |
Icao: | MNLN |
Type: | Public |
Owner-Oper: | INAC |
City-Served: | León |
Elevation-F: | 328 |
Coordinates: | 12.4292°N -86.9028°W |
Pushpin Map: | Nicaragua |
Pushpin Label: | MNLN |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nicaragua |
Metric-Rwy: | Y |
R1-Number: | 09/27 |
R1-Length-M: | 929 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source: GCM SkyVector[1] HERE Maps[2] |
León Airport (Spanish: Pista Aérea Fanor Urroz) is an airport serving León, the capital of the León Department of Nicaragua. The airport is on the southwest side of the city.
The Managua VOR-DME (Ident: MGA) is located 46.1nmi east-southeast of the airport.[3]
In 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.[4]
The airfield was attacked by the Sandinista guerrilla on April 27, 1979, during the final days of the insurrection against the Somoza regime.[5]
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).[6]