Junín Airport

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]

Junín Airport

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

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]

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. "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 at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  3. "Junín Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  4. "Runway closed". Google Maps. Google. 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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