Junín Airport
Airport in Argentina
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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]
