The Managua VOR-DME (Ident: MGA) is located 46.1 nautical miles (85 km) east-southeast of the airport.

[4] In December 1972, a few days after the Managua earthquake, the León Airport, also known as the Aeropuerto Godoy, was used for landing aircraft with supplies and aid for the earthquake victims.

[5] The airfield was attacked by the Sandinista guerrilla on April 27, 1979, during the final days of the insurrection against the Somoza regime.

[6] In the early 1980 the airstrip was used primarily by light aircraft for aerial fumigation.

The airfield was renovated in 2010 by the Nicaraguan Civil Aeronautics Authority (INAC).