El Bluff Airport

El Bluff Airport (ICAO: MNFF) was an airport on El Bluff, once an island in the entrance to Bluefields Bay, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua, but now connected to the mainland via a causeway constructed between 2004 and 2007.[3] Google Earth Historical Imagery show progressive deterioration of the asphalt runway until a helicopter pad and hangar were built on the southwestern end in 2013. The hangar was torn down and the helipad markings removed sometime after 2015.[4]

El Bluff Airport
Summary
Airport typeClosed
ServesEl Bluff
Elevation AMSL1 ft / 0 m
Coordinates11°59′30″N 83°41′22″W
Map
MNFF
Location of the airport in Nicaragua
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
Closed
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

The area is now served by Bluefields Airport (IATA: BEF, ICAO: MNBL) 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) across the bay at Bluefields, the regional capital.

See also

References

  1. Great Circle Mapper - El Bluff
  2. Google Maps - El Bluff
  3. Google Earth Historical Images 1969-2014
  4. Google Earth Historical Imagery (2/2015) (12/2017)



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.