Junín Airport

Junín Airport

Aeropuerto de Junín
Summary
Airport typeClosed
ServesJunín, Argentina
Elevation AMSL262 ft / 80 m
Coordinates34°32′45″S 60°55′50″W / 34.54583°S 60.93056°W / -34.54583; -60.93056
Map
JNI is located in Argentina
JNI
JNI
Location of the airport in Argentina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
Closed
Sources: ORSNA,[1] WAD[2] Google Maps[3]

Junín Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Junín) (IATA: JNI, ICAO: SAAJ) was a domestic airport serving Junín, a city in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. It is located 2 kilometres (1 mi) north of the city.[1]

Current aerial imagery shows the runway is marked closed.[4] Google Earth Historical Imagery (8/31/2009), (9/9/2013) show the closure was sometime after August 2009.[5]

The Junin VOR and non-directional beacon (Idents: NIN) are located on the field.[6][7]

Historical facts

World gliding championship in 1963: http://www.volaravela.com.ar/mundial.htm?i=1

Accidents and incidents

  • 17 May 1948: A FAMA Viking 615, tail number LV-AFL, crashed on landing at the airport while performing a test flight, catching fire. There were no reported fatalities but the aircraft was written off.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Aeropuerto de Junín" [Junín Airport]. Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos (ORSNA) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Airport information for SAAJ". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Data current as of October 2006.
  3. ^ "Junín Airport". Google Maps. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Runway closed". Google Maps. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  5. ^ Google Earth Historical Imagery (8/31/2009), (9/9/2013)
  6. ^ "Junin NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Junin VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. ^ Accident description for LV-AFL at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 20 March 2012.


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