Costa Esmeralda Airport

Airport

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Location of the airport in Nicaragua

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
03/21	1,525	5,003	Asphalt

Source: GCM^[1] Google Maps^[2] SkyVector^[3]

Emerald Coast Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Costa Esmeralda) (IATA: ECI, ICAO: MNCE) is an international airport 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Tola, a town in the Rivas Department of Nicaragua. The airport was opened on November 15, 2015, at a cost of almost US$13 million.^[4]

The airport is in the countryside 3 kilometres (2 mi) inland from the Pacific coast. There are large hills just north and east of the airport. The runway is aligned with the valley between them. Now the airport operates commercial flights from Costa Rica and Managua but they also get an important number of charters and private flights from all around the world. It is the second busiest airport in Nicaragua ^{[citation needed]}

This airport has a Control Tower, Rescue Services, Customs, Shops, Rental Cars, etc. The airport is covered by the Managua VOR-DME (Ident: MGA) and (non-directional beacon) (Ident: YNP) both are located 43.2 nautical miles (80 km) north of the airport.^[5]^[6]

Gallery

Costa Esmeralda International Airport's ramp, with some private airplanes on it
Costa Esmeralda Airport's terminal, with a few private aircraft in view
Another view of the terminal

References

^ Airport information for Costa Esmeralda Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
^ "Costa Esmeralda Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^ "Costa Esmeralda Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^ La Prensa - Costa Esmeralda airport opens its doors
^ "Managua VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^ "Managua NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

External links

OpenStreetMap - Costa Esmeralda Airport
Costa Airport Esmeralda Website
Million Aeropuerto de US$13 millones operará desde noviembre Nicaraguahoy 8/5/2015
Accident history for MNCE at Aviation Safety Network

Airports in Nicaragua

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