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El Papalonal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: MNPP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	El Papalonal
Elevation AMSL	141 ft / 43 m
Coordinates	12°28′15″N 86°28′25″W / 12.47083°N 86.47361°W / 12.47083; -86.47361
Map
MNPPLocation of the airport in Nicaragua
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 1,525 5,003 Grass
Sources: Google Maps

El Papalonal Airport (ICAO: MNPP) is an airstrip serving the village of El Papalonal in León Department, Nicaragua

In 1981, American intelligence officials discovered that the airstrip was used as a departure point for aircraft delivering weapons to El Salvadorian rebels.

See also

• Nicaragua portal
• Aviation portal
• List of airports in Nicaragua
• Transport in Nicaragua

References

1. Google Maps - El Papalonal
2. "Airport Information for El Papalonal, El Papalonal Airport". AeroInside. Rahm Information Services. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
3. Tai-Heng Cheng (2012). When International Law Works: Realistic Idealism After 9/11 and the Global Recession. Oxford University Press USA. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-0-19-537017-1.
4. Robert Kagan (1996). A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977-1990. The Free Press/Simon & Schuster. pp. 177–. ISBN 978-0-02-874057-7.

External links

• HERE Maps - El Papalonal
• OpenStreetMap - El Papalonal
• OurAirports - El Papalonal
• El Papalonal

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