El Bluff Airport

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El Bluff Airport
Summary
Airport typeClosed
Serves El Bluff
Elevation  AMSL 1 ft / 0 m
Coordinates 11°59′30″N83°41′22″W / 11.99167°N 83.68944°W / 11.99167; -83.68944 Coordinates: 11°59′30″N83°41′22″W / 11.99167°N 83.68944°W / 11.99167; -83.68944
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Location of the airport in Nicaragua
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Sources: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

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]

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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.

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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)