The 3,200-meter concrete runway under construction at Punta Huete north of Managua, Nicaragua, could have accomodated any Soviet-built fighter or bomber. The airfield includes dual runways and taxiways, as well as at least eight military aircraft revetments.
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circa 1984 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1984-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/imgsrv/pdf?id=mdp.39015043363012;orient=0;size=100;seq=126;attachment=0">Soviet Military Power, 1984, Chapter VII <i>The Global Challenge</i>, page 120</a> <i>(For Public Domain data see the lower-left corner of the document)</i>