Ometepe Airport La Paloma Airport
Runway and control tower, with the Concepción volcano in the background
IATA: none ICAO: MNLP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	INAC
Serves	Moyogalpa, Nicaragua
Elevation AMSL	213 ft / 65 m
Coordinates	11°31′25″N 85°42′05″W / 11.52361°N 85.70139°W / 11.52361; -85.70139
Website	EAAI Ometepe
Map
MNLP Location of the airport in Nicaragua
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Source: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

Ometepe Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto La Paloma de Ometepe (OMT)) (ICAO: MNLP) is the only airport on Ometepe, the largest island in Lake Nicaragua. The airport is in the La Paloma comarca of Moyogalpa, Rivas Department, Nicaragua, 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) south of Moyogalpa.

The airport was built in May of 2014 at a cost of almost US$17,000,000.^[3][4]

The runway begins at the shoreline, and west approaches and departures are over the water. The volcanic slopes of Concepción volcano begin 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of the runway.^[2]

The Managua VOR-DME (Ident: MGA) is located 45.6 nautical miles (84 km) northwest of Ometepe Airport. The Liberia VOR-DME is located 56.3 nautical miles (104 km) south of the airport.^[5][6]

Airlines and destinations

Currently only one airline flies to Ometepe Island on a circuit flight to other airports in Nicaragua, including Managua's Sandino International Airport on Sundays and Thursdays.^[7]

Although this airport is considered international and does have a passport control and customs house, there are currently no international commercial flights that fly to this airport.

Charter flights are available. (Aerotaxi) on Cessna 208 12-passenger aircraft and 45-passenger ATR 42 caravan. The air terminal also receives private flights of small planes and helicopters.^[8]