Time zone: GMT - 6 Hours
Location: a country in central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras.
Capital: Managua
Currency: gold cordoba (currency code NIO)
Languages: Spanish, English, indigenous languages. Business language: Spanish
Airport authority contact information: Director General de Aeronautica Civil, Managua Airport, Aptdo 5179, Managua DN. Telephone: +505 (0)2 227 516
Airports: In 2005 Nicaragua had 176 airports, only 11 of which had paved runways, the most important of which were:
Augusto C Sandino Airport
Bluefields Airport
Corn Island Airport
Nueva Guinea Airport
Puerto Cabeza Airport
San Pedro Airport
Siuna Airport
Waspam Airport