El Papalonal Airport
El Papalonal Airport 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Nicaragua
- Also known as: “MNPP”
El Papalonal Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: León Department, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Latitude
12.4717° or 12° 28′ 18″ northLongitude
-86.4734° or 86° 28′ 24″ westOpen location code
764MFGCG+MJOpenStreetMap ID
way 606510810OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeWikidata ID
Q25037225
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Spanish—“El Papalonal Airport” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “MNPP”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul El Papalonal”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo de El Papalonal”
- Spanish: “MNPP”
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