Los Brasiles Airport | |
Nativename: | Carlos Ulloa Airport |
Icao: | MNBR |
Type: | Public |
Owner-Oper: | INAC |
City-Served: | Los Brasiles, Managua |
Elevation-F: | 262 |
Coordinates: | 12.19°N -86.3539°W |
Pushpin Map: | Nicaragua |
Pushpin Label: | MNBR |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nicaragua |
Metric-Rwy: | Y |
R1-Number: | 09/27 |
R1-Length-M: | 915 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source: GCM Google Maps[1] SkyVector[2] |
Los Brasiles Airport (Spanish: Pista Aérea Carlos Ulloa) is an airport serving Mateare, a municipality of the Managua Department of Nicaragua. The airport is 2km (01miles) west of the Lake Managua shoreline and 4km (02miles) south of the Apoyeque volcano.
The Managua VOR-DME (Ident: MGA) is located 11.8nmi east-southeast of the airport.[3]
In the early 1980s, the airstrip was used primarily by light aircraft for aerial fumigation. The Los Brasiles Airport was renovated in 2010 by the Nicaraguan Civil Aeronautics Authority (INAC).
The Aviation Technical Training Institute (INTECA) was located for several years at Los Brasiles Airport.[4]