Montelimar Airport

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Montelimar Airport

Aeropuerto Montelimar
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator INAC
Grupo Barceló (es)
Serves Montelimar, Nicaragua
Elevation  AMSL 94 ft / 29 m
Coordinates 11°48′20″N86°30′40″W / 11.80556°N 86.51111°W / 11.80556; -86.51111
Map
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MNMR
Location in Nicaragua
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
05/232,0366,680Asphalt
Source: GCM [1] Google Maps [2] SkyVector [3]

Montelimar Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Montelimar) ( ICAO : MNMR) is an airport serving the municipality of San Rafael del Sur, Nicaragua.

Contents

The airport is on the Pacific coast. Southwest approaches and departures are over the water. The runway length includes displaced thresholds on both ends. Marked runway length is 1,465 metres (4,806 ft).

The Managua VOR-DME (Ident: MGA) is located 28.8 nautical miles (53 km) east-southeast of the airport. [4]

History

The airfield is next to the Barceló Montelimar Hotel and Resort. The current location of the hotel is the old Somoza Estate, confiscated by the government in 1979 and sold to the Spanish hotel chain Grupo Barceló in 1993 for US$3 million.

In 2012, the government of Nicaragua and representatives of Grupo Barceló announced a joint venture to build an international airport at the Hotel Barceló Montelimar. The new airport will be 75 percent owned by the government and 25 percent owned by Grupo Barceló. [5]

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References

  1. Airport information for Montelimar Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. "Montelimar Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. "Montelimar Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. "Managua VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. "Airport deal settles old property row". Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2013-08-29.