# Bluefields Airport (BEF / MNBL)

**Bluefields Airport** (IATA: BEF, ICAO: MNBL) is a medium airport in Bluefields, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua. It has one runway, 2,019 m (6,625 ft) long, asphalt. In 2015 it handled 63 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnbl

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BEF / MNBL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Bluefields, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua
- Elevation: 6 m / 20 ft
- Coordinates: 11.9910, -83.7741
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,019 m / 6,625 ft
- Passengers: 63,200 (2015)
- Time zone: UTC-6 · America/Managua
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluefields_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q598724
- Weather station: MNBL · WMO 78745
- Ident: MNBL

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,019 m / 6,625 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 057° / 237° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 21,894 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 36,659 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 23,000 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 45,500 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 63,200 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [RNI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnci.md) Corn Island Airport · Nicaragua · 80 km / 50 mi · La Costeña
- [PUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnpc.md) Puerto Cabezas Airport · Nicaragua · 232 km / 144 mi · La Costeña
- [MGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnmg.md) Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport · Nicaragua · 261 km / 162 mi · La Costeña

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BEF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- NIS [La Costeña](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/la-costena) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 63K (2015) | #1,992 of 3,974 | #450 in North America | #2 in NI |
| Longest runway | 2,019 m / 6,625 ft | #3,772 of 29,858 | #939 in North America | #5 in NI |
| Elevation | 6 m / 20 ft | =41,280 of 43,403 | =18,641 in North America | #35 in NI |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =1 in NI |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [NI-0007](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ni-0007.md) Tierra Dorada Airport · 29 km / 18 mi
- [RNI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnci.md) Corn Island Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [MNKW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnkw.md) Karawala Airport · 102 km / 64 mi
- [MNSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnsn.md) San Juan de Nicaragua Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [BCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mrbc.md) Barra del Colorado Airport · 137 km / 85 mi
- [NCR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnsc.md) San Carlos Airport · 144 km / 90 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Bluefields Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bluefields_Airport&oldid=1363021180), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/mnbl/data