El Platanar Airport

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El Platanar Airport
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Airport type Public
Serves El Platanar
Elevation  AMSL 819 ft / 250 m
Coordinates 13°35′13″N88°17′50″W / 13.58694°N 88.29722°W / 13.58694; -88.29722 Coordinates: 13°35′13″N88°17′50″W / 13.58694°N 88.29722°W / 13.58694; -88.29722
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El Platanar
Location of the airport in El Salvador
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 1,000 3,280 Grass
Source: Google Maps [1]

El Platanar Airport( ICAO : MSPT ) is an airport serving the city of El Platanar in San Miguel Department, El Salvador. The runway is adjacent northwest of the city.

ICAO airport code four-letter code designating many airports around the world

The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.

San Miguel Department (El Salvador) Department in El Salvador

San Miguel is a department in the eastern part of El Salvador. The capital is San Miguel. The department is 2,077 km² in area and has a population of over 678,000.

El Salvador country in Central America

El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. As of 2016, the country had a population of approximately 6.34 million.

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El Platanar city is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of San Miguel, the department capital.

San Miguel, El Salvador City in San Miguel Department, El Salvador

San Miguel is a city in eastern El Salvador. It is the country's third most populous city.. It is located 138 km east of the capital, San Salvador. It is also the capital of the department of San Miguel and a municipality. The population of the city in 2017 was 518,410.

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