Changuinola "Capitán Manuel Niño" International Airport

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Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport
Aeropuerto Internacional de Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño"
IATA: CHXICAO: MPCH
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Autoridad Aeronáutica Civil
Serves Changuinola, Panama
Elevation AMSL 6 m / 20 ft
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Map
MPCH is located in Panama
MPCH
MPCH
Location in Panama
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 1,100 3,609 Asphalt
Sources: Panama CAA,[1] DAFIF[2][3]

Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño" International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Changuinola "Capitan Manuel Niño"[1]) (IATA: CHXICAO: MPCH) is an airport serving Changuinola,[2] the capital city of the Changuinola District in the Bocas del Toro Province in Panama. The name is in honor of the first Panamanian pilot.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 6 m (20 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 03/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,100 m × 25 m (3,609 ft × 82 ft).[1][2]

The Airport main building is a two story building, very similar to Enrique Malek International Airport building, on the bottom, you have waiting area, bathrooms, cafeteria, and space for three regional carriers offices, in the second floor administrative offices and other government institutions offices. Next to the building there is an air traffic controller tower, Bocas Fruit Co. and ATOPAN (aerial fumigation) hangars.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Panama[4] Bocas del Toro, Panama City-Albrook

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Airport information for MPCH at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  3. Airport information for CHX / MPCH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. Air Panama Flights & Tickets Retrieved: 24 May 2009.

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