Airport of the Pacific Aeropuerto del Pacífico | |
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 Nayib Bukele and Fernando Romero viewing a model of the Airport of the Pacific's terminal | |
| Summary | |
| Airport type | Public/military[1] |
| Owner | Government of El Salvador |
| Operator | Autonomous Port Executive Commission (CEPA) |
| Serves | La Unión, El Salvador |
| Location | Conchagua, El Salvador |
| Opened | 2033 (estimated) |
| Built | 2023–present |
| Time zone | CST (UTC–6) |
| Coordinates | 13°18′N 87°52′W / 13.300°N 87.867°W |
| Website | Official website |
| Map | |
  Conchagua Planned location in El Salvador | |
The Airport of the Pacific (Spanish: Aeropuerto del Pacífico)[2] is a planned joint-use civilian international airport and military base that will be located in Conchagua, El Salvador, and will serve the city of La Unión and the planned Bitcoin City. The airport was proposed by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele during his 2019 presidential campaign as a part of his "Plan Cuscatlán" and construction was approved by the Legislative Assembly on 26 April 2022. Terraforming began in March 2023.
- ^ Pastrán, Rosa María (26 February 2022). "Aeropuerto del Pacífico Incluiría una Base Militar" [Airport of the Pacific will Include a Military Base]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ Bukele, Nayib [@nayibbukele] (26 April 2022). "Gracias a los diputados de la @AsambleaSV por la aprobación de la ley para la construcción del: ✅ Aeropuerto del Pacífico 🛫 ✅ Tren del Pacífico 🚆 Sacar adelante a nuestro país requiere de la ayuda de todos 🇸🇻" [Thank you to the deputies of the @AsambleaSV for the approval of the law for the construction of the: ✅ Airport of the Pacific 🛫 ✅ Train of the Pacific 🚆 Moving our country forward requires everyone's help 🇸🇻] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2022 – via Twitter.
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