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"Howard Air Force Base has Been Transformed into Panama Pacifico". ^ Airport information for Panamá Pacifico International Airport at Great Circle Mapper.: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) Data current as of October 2006. ^ "Airport information for Panamá Pacifico International Airport".Airlines and destinations Airlinesīarranquilla, Bogotá, Cali, Cartagena, David, Havana, Medellín–JMC, San José de Costa Rica, Santo Domingo–Las Américas

VivaColombia ceased flying there in May 2018, citing high taxes for operating at the airport. Wingo started flights to Colombia in June 2017. The Panamanian National Air Show takes place at the airport every year, usually on the last Sunday of January. In February 2008, the production for the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace used the base to double for an airport in Bolivia. Some of the former military base is used to house call centers for technology companies like Dell Computer. Panama benefited from the closure of the air base.

The Tocumen VOR-DME (Ident: TUM) is located 14.4 nautical miles (27 km) northeast of the airport. The Taboga Island non-directional beacon (Ident: TBG) is located 7.9 nautical miles (14.6 km) south-southeast of the airport. The Taboga Island VOR-DME (Ident: TBG) is located 8.0 nautical miles (14.8 km) south-southeast of the airport. There is high terrain just northwest of the runway. The runway length does not include 300 metres (980 ft) displaced thresholds on each end. The runway has full instrument approach facilities.

Most of the area around it is uninhabited and forms part of the Canal Zone watershed. The airport is 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Balboa, the port at the Pacific (southeastern) end of the Panama Canal. The airport receives regular Boeing 737 jet aircraft from Wingo. Panama City can be reached by crossing the nearby Bridge of the Americas.Ĭommercial airline service started in 2014, with Viva Air Colombia being the first to begin operations to Bogotá and Medellin. It is located on the site of the former Howard Air Force Base, a United States Air Force base that was within the Panama Canal Zone. Panamá Pacífico International Airport ( IATA: BLB, ICAO: MPPA) is a commercial airport in Panama.