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.- Aerodrome
- …lies at an elevation of 43 metres (141 feet)
- …is also known as “MNPP”
- Description: airport in Nicaragua
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Latitude
12.4717° or 12° 28′ 18″ north
Longitude
-86.4734° or 86° 28′ 24″ west
Open location code
764MFGCG+MJ
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OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“El Papalonal Airport” goes by many names.
- German: “Aeródromo de El Papalonal”
- Indonesian: “MNPP”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul El Papalonal”
- Spanish: “Aeródromo de El Papalonal”
- Spanish: “MNPP”
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