CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS PUNTA HUETE AIRFIELD, NICARAGUA (SANITIZED)

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CIA-RDP84T00491R000100780001-1
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December 28, 2016
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March 9, 2012
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March 2, 1984
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MISC
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Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000100780001-1 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 ARCHIVES 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: Paper Prints FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE NPIC SECRET (Security Classification) NOFORN (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. Z-17349/84 COPY_..,._ 29 OF .29 w Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000100780001-1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000100780001-1 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL. . . This Information has been Authorized for Release to ... Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000100780001-1 25X1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000100780001-1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000100780001-1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000100780001-1 SECRET NOFORN (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 2 Attachment to Z- 17 3 4 9/ 8 4 Copy NPIC/IEG (3/84) 2 MARCH 1984 CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS PUNTA HUETE AIRFIELD, NICARAGUA SWN/NOFORN) 1. SIGNIFICANCE: RECENT CONSTRUCTION HAS RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS AT PUNTA HUETE AIRFIELD. (SWN) 2. REMARKS: CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE RECENTLY ON THE UN AY, THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY, AND THE AIRCRAFT DISPERSAL AREA. CONCRETE PAVING ON THE NEW RUNWAY BEGAN IN MID-FEBRUARY. A 358 METER SEGMENT OF FINISHED SURFACE WAS IN PLACE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE AREA GRADED FOR THE RUNWAY. THE NEW SURFACE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22 METERS IN WIDTH WITH BASE MATERIAL LAID FOR EVENTUAL WIDENING TO AT LEAST 36 METERS. GROUND SCARRING INDICATES THE RUNWAY (INCLUDING POSSIBLE OVERRUNS), WILL BE FROM 3,100 TO 3,800 METERS IN LENGTH. PROBABLE CROSSOVER CONNECTING LINKS HAD BEEN GRADED NEAR BOTH ENDS OF TILE RUNWAY CLEARING IN EARLY JANUARY. (SWN/NOFORN) THE CONCRETE PARALLEL TAXIWAY WAS EXTENDED BY 229 METERS IN JANUARY. THIS TAXIWAY, 2,483 BY 19-METERS, COULD BE USED AS AN ALTERNATE RUNWAY. IN FEBRUARY, SEVEN AIRCRAFT PARKING POSITIONS (EACH 39-BY 29-METERS) WERE ADDED TO THE AIRCRAFT PARKING APRON ALONG THE TAXIWAY. (SWN/NOFORN) TWELVE REVETTED AIRCRAFT HARDSTANDS, IN GROUPS OF FOUR, HAVE BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE NORTH END OF THE DISPERSAL TAXIWAY SINCE EARLY JANUARY. THESE HARDSTANDS ARE IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR AIRCRAFT HARDSTANDS CONSTRUCTED AT THE SOUTH END OF THE DISPERSAL TAXIWAY IN SEPTEMBER 1983. THE NEW HARDSTANDS, APPROXIMATELY 13 METERS IN WIDTH, ARE IN A MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. (SWN/NOFORN) These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered I WARNING NOTICE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES SFrRFT Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/09 : CIA-RDP84T00491 R000100780001-1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/09: CIA-RDP84T00491 R000100780001-1 SECRET NOFORN (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 2 of 2 Copy Attachment to Z -17 3 4 9/ 8 4 NPIC/IEG (3/84) 2 MARCH 1984 THIS AIRFIELD, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN CENTRAL AMERICA, WILL PROBABLY SERVE AS THE PRINCIPAL MILITARY AIRFIELD IN NICARAGUA WHFN C(7MPi FTFD . (SWN) 25X1 3 (COORDINATES 12-20-57N 086-11-OOW (S) These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were Dreoared for and must he considered WARNING NOTICE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED SECRET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/09 : CIA-RDP84T00491 R000100780001-1