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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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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.

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

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

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.

See also