San Juan de Nicaragua Airport (
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: ''Aeropuerto de San Juan de Nicaragua'') is an airport located in
San Juan de Nicaragua
San Juan de Nicaragua, formerly known as San Juan del Norte or Greytown, is a town and municipality in the Río San Juan Department of Nicaragua.
History
San Juan del Norte was founded by the Spanish and was a small fort and customs station. Sp ...
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Río San Juan,
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
. The airport was built in 2012 at a cost of almost US$17 million.
The airport is southeast of the town, and must be reached by boat.
The Bluefields
VOR/DME
In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the s ...
(ident: BLU) is located north of the airport. The Limon
VOR/DME
In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the s ...
(Ident: LIO) is located southeast of the airport.
Airlines and destinations
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Transport in Nicaragua Transport in Nicaragua revolves around road, air and water transport modalities.
Road transport
The road infrastructure is very well spread across the Pacific side, while the Atlantic side has less infrastructure. As of 2009, from a total of 19,13 ...
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List of airports in Nicaragua
This is a list of airports in Nicaragua, sorted by location.
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List
See also
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* Transport in Nicaragua
* List of airports by ICAO code: M#MN - Nicaragua
* Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - San Juan de Nicaragua AirportEAAI - San Juan de Nicaragua Airport
Airports in Nicaragua
Río San Juan Department
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