El Papalonal Airport
El Papalonal Airport | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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  MNPP Location of the airport in Nicaragua | |||||||||||
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El Papalonal Airport (ICAO: MNPP) 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]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Google Maps - El Papalonal
- ^ "Airport Information for El Papalonal, El Papalonal Airport". AeroInside. Rahm Information Services. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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